Bill Text: TX HR2256 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commemorating Thanksgiving 2023.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-30 - Reported enrolled [HR2256 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR2256-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 2256 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Americans across the land are gathering on | ||
| Thanksgiving, November 23, 2023, to reflect on the many blessings | ||
| the year has brought; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The history of this cherished celebration spans four | ||
| centuries, tracing its roots back to 1621; met by a harsh New | ||
| England winter that year, the struggling European settlers at | ||
| Plymouth Rock received welcome assistance from the Wampanoag | ||
| people, who taught them vital farming and survival techniques; in a | ||
| display of gratitude toward God for answering their prayers for | ||
| help, the Pilgrims held a three-day feast, and together with their | ||
| Wampanoag neighbors, they enjoyed the fruits of a bountiful | ||
| harvest; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The Thanksgiving holiday was first officially | ||
| observed more than 150 years later, soon after the founding fathers | ||
| established this great nation; in George Washington's first | ||
| presidential proclamation in 1789, he enacted a day of thanksgiving | ||
| and prayer to acknowledge the "many signal favors of Almighty God" | ||
| that had been bestowed on the American people; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Decades later, in the tumultuous days of the Civil | ||
| War, President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Thanksgiving Day | ||
| proclamation that would set the standard for every president that | ||
| followed; in his now famous speech, he urged Americans to call on | ||
| "the Almighty hand" to heal the Union and implored the people to | ||
| remember the source from which "the blessings of fruitful fields | ||
| and healthful skies" come; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Today, the Thanksgiving holiday, observed each year | ||
| on the fourth Thursday in November, is one of our most dearly held | ||
| traditions, offering an opportunity to join with family and friends | ||
| in expressing appreciation for the many gifts of the past year; now, | ||
| therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby commemorate Thanksgiving 2023. | ||
| Price | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 2256 was adopted by the House on May | ||
| 29, 2023, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
