PRINTER'S NO. 1212
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
224
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY KILLION, ARGALL, BARTOLOTTA, BLAKE, BOSCOLA,
BREWSTER, BROWNE, DINNIMAN, FONTANA, GORDNER, MARTIN,
MASTRIANO, PHILLIPS-HILL, SCHWANK, VOGEL, J. WARD, K. WARD
AND PITTMAN, SEPTEMBER 25, 2019
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, SEPTEMBER 25, 2019
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing the 375th anniversary of William Penn's birth.
WHEREAS, William Penn, the founder of this Commonwealth, was
born in London, England, on October 24, 1644; and
WHEREAS, The Province of Pennsylvania was acquired by William
Penn from King Charles II of England in payment of a debt the
king owed his father, Admiral Sir William Penn, for which
William Penn received a charter from King Charles II, dated
March 4, 1681; and
WHEREAS, William Penn invited people of diverse nationalities
and creeds to join with him in a "Holy Experiment" where men
might worship God according to their own light; and
WHEREAS, His own prayers were that Pennsylvania might become
"the seed of a nation"; and
WHEREAS, William Penn had strong faith in a representative
form of government, public education without regard to race,
creed, sex or ability to pay and respect for the civil liberties
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