PRINTER'S NO. 2266
No. 249 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY BAKER, GEIST, ARMSTRONG, LYNCH, SHANER, READSHAW,
FARGO, HERSHEY, E. Z. TAYLOR, DiGIROLAMO, BEBKO-JONES,
HERMAN, SATHER, B. SMITH, MELIO, TIGUE, TRAVAGLIO, TRELLO,
GIGLIOTTI, BELARDI, FAIRCHILD, HESS, BROWN, ROBERTS,
LAUGHLIN, DeLUCA, STABACK, ROHRER, McNAUGHTON, DONATUCCI,
YOUNGBLOOD, BARRAR, BIRMELIN, BISHOP, BOSCOLA, CLARK, CLYMER,
CORRIGAN, COY, DALLY, DEMPSEY, DRUCE, EGOLF, FEESE, FICHTER,
FLEAGLE, GEORGE, GORDNER, GRUPPO, HENNESSEY, HORSEY,
HUTCHINSON, JAROLIN, LEH, LESCOVITZ, MASLAND, OLASZ, ORIE,
PESCI, RAYMOND, SAYLOR, SERAFINI, STERN, WILT, WOJNAROSKI,
YEWCIC, ZIMMERMAN AND ZUG, SEPTEMBER 30, 1997
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, SEPTEMBER 30, 1997
A RESOLUTION
1 Designating the week of November 23 through 29, 1997, as
2 "Christian Heritage Week" in Pennsylvania.
3 WHEREAS, We each have been richly blessed by the Almighty
4 Whose Divine Providence our founding fathers sought as they
5 established these United States of America as a free and
6 independent nation; and
7 WHEREAS, George Washington, the acknowledged father of our
8 country, has been documented as having said: "...we ought to be
9 no less persuaded that the propitious smiles of heaven can never
10 be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of
11 order and right which Heaven itself has ordained,"; and
12 WHEREAS, Our Christian heritage is recognized in the writings
13 and accomplishments of such individuals as William Bradford,
1 John and Abigail Adams, James Madison, Patrick Henry, Andrew
2 Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, Woodrow Wilson, Harry S. Truman,
3 Dwight D. Eisenhower, and countless others, and in the
4 Constitutions of the several sovereign states and innumerable
5 public documents and utterances; and
6 WHEREAS, The importance of our Christian heritage to the
7 institutions, values and vision of our nation is immeasurable;
8 and
9 WHEREAS, Our Christian heritage is further reflected by our
10 people and our leaders, past and present, in our individual and
11 collective efforts as a nation of peacekeepers and peacemakers
12 to provide for our people, both in America and abroad, by
13 providing humanitarian assistance to our fellow men, women and
14 children; and
15 WHEREAS, It is entirely appropriate to recognize the
16 Pilgrim's First Thanksgiving for God's Providence as a special
17 time and reason for celebrating our nation's Christian heritage;
18 therefore be it
19 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate the
20 week of November 23 through 29, 1997, as "Christian Heritage
21 Week" in Pennsylvania.
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