PRINTER'S NO. 2669
No. 137 Session of 1981
INTRODUCED BY FRAZIER, PITTS, RYAN, J. L. WRIGHT, ZWIKL,
DeWEESE, SEVENTY, HAYES, CESSAR, POTT, McVERRY, MARMION,
RASCO, BURD, FLECK, HEISER, PERZEL, SALVATORE, WOGAN, WESTON,
MICHLOVIC, LETTERMAN, MRKONIC, TADDONIO, ITKIN, PETRONE,
TRELLO, OLASZ, HORGOS, DUFFY, GAMBLE, PISTELLA, COWELL,
BELFANTI, PETRARCA, CLARK AND KOLTER, DECEMBER 9, 1981
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON FEDERAL-STATE RELATIONS,
DECEMBER 9, 1981
In the House of Representatives, December 9, 1981
1 WHEREAS, In this 300th anniversary year of Pennsylvania's
2 establishment by grant of land to William Penn by the English
3 Sovereign, Charles II, as a proprietary colony it is appropriate
4 for the Commonwealth's Government and her people to honor
5 Pennsylvania's proud past and to restate their commitment to
6 preserve the Commonwealth's heritage for future generations; and
7 WHEREAS, In this Tercentenary year it is proper and
8 appropriate to commemorate the English heritage which preceded
9 and was concomitant with the establishment of the Commonwealth;
10 and
11 WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
12 has seen fit to collect and preserve our common English heritage
13 in such facilities as, inter alia, the William Penn Memorial
14 Museum, Pennsbury Manor, and the Fort Pitt Museum; and
15 WHEREAS, The successful establishment and the progress of the
1 Commonwealth through to its Tercentenary observance is largely
2 dependent upon the penetration of, and colonization beyond, the
3 Allegheny Mountains accomplished in the mid-eighteenth century
4 particularly during the era known on the European Continent as
5 the "Seven Years War" (1756-1763) and in North America as the
6 "French and Indian War" (1754-1764); and
7 WHEREAS, The triumph of the British Empire, militarily and
8 culturally, west of the Alleghenys symbolized by the erection of
9 the most elaborate English fortification in North America known
10 as Fort Pitt (after William Pitt, Earl of Chatham) at Point
11 State Park in present-day Pittsburgh is appropriately
12 commemorated by the Fort Pitt Museum and the activities of said
13 Museum's support organization, the Fort Pitt Museum Associates,
14 Inc., and particularly by the activities of the Royal American
15 Regiment of said Associates; and
16 WHEREAS, Said Royal American Regiment, "His Majesty's 60th
17 Regiment of Foote," since the reactivation of said unit in 1972,
18 has most favorably contributed to the cause of historic
19 preservation and has most energetically promoted the reputation
20 of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania both to the citizens of this
21 Commonwealth and to visiting citizens from other states of the
22 union; and
23 WHEREAS, The same Royal American Regiment having appeared in
24 Harrisburg at the Capitol, with battle flags uncased, cannons,
25 musketry, drums and fifes, at the inaugural ceremonies of
26 Governor Thornburgh in 1978; and
27 WHEREAS, In this Tercentenary year the Commonwealth's Capitol
28 Building enjoys its 75th anniversary, the 226th year since the
29 Royal Warrant authorizing the raising of said Royal American
30 Regiment; therefore be it
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1 RESOLVED (the Senate concurring), That the General Assembly
2 of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania expresses its respect and
3 appreciation to the Royal American Regiment, "His Majesty's 60th
4 Regiment of Foote," of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and makes hereby
5 a record of said Royal American Regiment for continuing service
6 in reminding all of our citizens that the ultimate success of
7 the establishment of the Commonwealth was neither assured nor
8 grounded upon a firm foundation without the foresight,
9 sacrifices, and support embodied in the British expeditions west
10 of the Alleghenys, the brunt of which was carried by the
11 original Royal Americans under their leaders General John Forbes
12 and Colonel Henri Bouquet; and be it further
13 RESOLVED, That the Fort Pitt Museum, the Fort Pitt Museum
14 Associates, Inc., and the Volunteers of the reactivated Royal
15 American Regiment of reference be commended for their
16 outstanding efforts to fund, promote and maintain this program
17 of historic preservation, reenactment, public education and
18 living history; and be it further
19 RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be spread upon the
20 pages of the House Journal and that copies of this resolution be
21 sent to the Royal American Regiment "His Majesty's 60th Regiment
22 of Foote," of Fort Pitt, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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