Bill Text: MI SR0141 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: A resolution to designate September 20-26, 2020, as “Gold Star Family Week.”
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2020-09-10 - Adopted [SR0141 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2019-SR0141-Enrolled.html
AS ADOPTED BY
SENATE, September 10, 2020
senate resolution no.141
Senator McBroom, Moss, Polehanki and Wojno offered the following resolution:
A resolution to designate September 20-26, 2020, as Gold Star Family Week.
Whereas, The term Gold Star began during World War I when American families displayed flags in homes, businesses, schools, and churches with a gold star for each loved one lost in military service; and
Whereas, Today, the nation recognizes the sacrifices that all Gold Star Family members make when a father, mother, husband, wife, brother, sister, son, daughter or other loved one dies in active service to the nation; and
Whereas, Fewer than one percent of our nation serves in our military, and we have an obligation to acknowledge the losses of our service men and women, and to ensure that their families are not forgotten; and
Whereas, Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the Vietnam War is May 28, 2012-November 11, 2025, and we would like to specifically thank the families of the Vietnam War veterans who paid the ultimate sacrifice. They are memorialized at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, also known as The Wall, in our Nations Capital, Washington, D.C.; and
Whereas, September 20-26, 2020 has been designated Gold Star Family Week; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate, That members of this legislative body designate September 20-26, 2020, as Gold Star Family Week. We encourage all Michigan Citizens to honor Gold Star Families.
