PRINTER'S NO. 2345
No. 376 Session of 2005
INTRODUCED BY READSHAW, McILHATTAN, BAKER, BALDWIN, BEBKO-JONES,
CALTAGIRONE, CLYMER, CORNELL, CORRIGAN, CREIGHTON, CRUZ,
FABRIZIO, FAIRCHILD, FICHTER, FORCIER, FRANKEL, GEORGE,
GOODMAN, HARHAI, HERMAN, HERSHEY, JAMES, KOTIK, LEDERER,
LEVDANSKY, MANN, MARKOSEK, McGEEHAN, MELIO, MILLARD,
S. MILLER, PALLONE, PAYNE, PETRONE, PHILLIPS, PISTELLA,
RAMALEY, ROBERTS, ROEBUCK, RUBLEY, SAINATO, SAMUELSON,
SANTONI, B. SMITH, SOLOBAY, STABACK, STERN, R. STEVENSON,
STURLA, TIGUE, WALKO, WOJNAROSKI, YOUNGBLOOD, YUDICHAK,
GERGELY AND BENNINGHOFF, JUNE 28, 2005
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
JUNE 28, 2005
A RESOLUTION
1 Honoring Brian Pohanka for his service to the Civil War
2 preservation community.
3 WHEREAS, Brian Pohanka, one of the nation's foremost Civil
4 War historians, died earlier this month after a long battle with
5 cancer; and
6 WHEREAS, Mr. Pohanka is perhaps best known to the American
7 public for his appearances on the landmark Public Broadcasting
8 Service series "The Civil War" and on the History Channel's
9 "Civil War Journal"; and
10 WHEREAS, Mr. Pohanka was a consultant for the motion pictures
11 "Cold Mountain," "Gods and Generals," "Gettysburg" and "Glory"
12 and authored or contributed to more than 20 books; and
13 WHEREAS, A resident of Virginia and a 1977 graduate of
1 Dickinson College, Mr. Pohanka became a prominent supporter of
2 the Gettysburg monument restoration project which began in 1997;
3 and
4 WHEREAS, Mr. Pohanka was one of the keynote speakers at a
5 rally announcing the start of the restoration project on the
6 steps of the Capitol in October 1997, attended by State
7 legislators, historians and Civil War reenactors; and
8 WHEREAS, Representative Harry Readshaw, a major project
9 proponent, said:
10 When Brian offered his support, we knew we were on the
11 right track. The impact of that support from such a
12 credible historian was incalculable in leveraging other
13 Civil War enthusiasts to get on board;
14 therefore be it
15 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives honor the memory
16 and invaluable contributions of Civil War historian Brian
17 Pohanka.
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