Bill Text: TX HR1870 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commemorating Memorial Day 2023.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-26 - Reported enrolled [HR1870 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR1870-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 1870 |
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WHEREAS, Every Memorial Day, millions of citizens across | ||
Texas and the nation gather to remember those heroic men and women | ||
in uniform who made the ultimate sacrifice in the defense of our | ||
country; and | ||
WHEREAS, Originally known as Decoration Day for the practice | ||
of decorating the graves of soldiers with flowers once a year, this | ||
holiday began after the Civil War as a remembrance of those who had | ||
died in the war; celebrated on May 30 in subsequent decades, the | ||
holiday came to be known as Memorial Day, a day to honor all of the | ||
country's fallen, in all of its wars; since the early 1970s, the day | ||
has been observed on the last Monday in May; and | ||
WHEREAS, The nation's most solemn Memorial Day ceremony | ||
occurs in Arlington National Cemetery at the Tomb of the Unknown | ||
Soldier, where the remains of unidentified Americans from World War | ||
I, World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War are interred in | ||
a marble monument and in the adjacent plaza; accompanied by honor | ||
guards from all branches of the military, the president of the | ||
United States traditionally lays a wreath at the tomb, and the | ||
ceremony is further solemnized by the sounding of "Taps," the | ||
haunting bugle call that has been performed at military funerals | ||
and memorials since the Civil War; and | ||
WHEREAS, At the same time, in cities large and small across | ||
the nation, veterans and their fellow citizens gather in cemeteries | ||
and other public places to remember fallen comrades and to pay | ||
tribute to those who died to protect our liberty and our republic; | ||
these ceremonies are also graced by the stirring echoes of "Taps," | ||
and by tradition, the United States flag is briskly raised to full | ||
staff at the beginning of the day and then lowered slowly to half | ||
staff, where it remains until noon, when it is raised to full staff | ||
again; and | ||
WHEREAS, The toll of freedom is high; in the years since the | ||
founding of our republic, more than one million American military | ||
personnel have died in U.S. wars, and each year, on Memorial Day, | ||
Americans gather to pay tribute to those courageous men and women | ||
who, in the words of President Abraham Lincoln, gave the last full | ||
measure of devotion; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby recognize Memorial Day 2023 in solemn | ||
commemoration of all those who have died in the service of our | ||
nation. | ||
Price | ||
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Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 1870 was adopted by the House on May | ||
25, 2023, by a non-record vote. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||