PRINTER'S NO. 3289
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
733
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY BOBACK, DONATUCCI, KIM, HILL-EVANS, TOEPEL,
SHUSTERMAN, MILLARD, SONNEY, SCHLOSSBERG, MURT, LONGIETTI,
BIZZARRO, KORTZ, OBERLANDER, QUINN, COX, WILLIAMS, HAHN,
CIRESI, READSHAW, HELM, ULLMAN, PICKETT, MENTZER, FREEMAN,
KAUFER, SCHMITT, MOUL, PASHINSKI, HOWARD, MACKENZIE, ROEBUCK,
NEILSON, SCHLEGEL CULVER, CONKLIN AND GROVE,
FEBRUARY 18, 2020
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, FEBRUARY 18, 2020
A RESOLUTION
Honoring the legacy of Hannah Callowhill Penn, and designating
March 12, 2020, as "Hannah Callowhill Penn Day" in
Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Hannah Callowhill Penn was born in Bristol, England,
on February 11, 1671; and
WHEREAS, On March 5, 1696, she married William Penn, founder
of the Province of Pennsylvania, and the couple arrived in
Philadelphia on December 10, 1699; and
WHEREAS, William Penn and Hannah Callowhill Penn resided at
Pennsbury Manor in Morrisville; and
WHEREAS, Hannah Callowhill Penn and William Penn made
remarkable contributions to this Commonwealth and the founding
of our nation and were lifelong advocates of peace and justice;
and
WHEREAS, When William Penn became incapacitated by a stroke
in 1712, Hannah Callowhill Penn effectively governed in his name
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