Bill Text: OH HCR20 | 2013-2014 | 130th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: To commemorate the War of 1812 and the Battle of Lake
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-11-07 - To Public Safety, Local Government & Veteran Affairs [HCR20 Detail]
Download: Ohio-2013-HCR20-Enrolled.html
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Representative Redfern
Cosponsors:
Representatives Brenner, Szollosi, Huffman, Kunze, Adams, J., Phillips, Buchy, Pelanda, Clyde, Rogers, Lundy, Boose, Brown, Burkley, Blair, Amstutz, Anielski, Antonio, Ashford, Barborak, Beck, Boyce, Butler, Carney, Celebrezze, Curtin, Damschroder, Dovilla, Driehaus, Duffey, Fedor, Foley, Gerberry, Green, Hackett, Hagan, C., Hagan, R., Hall, Hayes, Heard, Henne, Hood, Hottinger, Johnson, Landis, Maag, McClain, McGregor, Milkovich, O'Brien, Patterson, Pillich, Ramos, Reece, Roegner, Romanchuk, Ruhl, Sears, Sheehy, Slaby, Stebelton, Stinziano, Thompson, Williams, Young Speaker Batchelder
To commemorate the War of 1812 and the Battle of Lake | 1 |
Erie and to recognize northwest Ohio's important | 2 |
role in the war. | 3 |
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF OHIO
(THE SENATE CONCURRING):
WHEREAS, The War of 1812 occurred between the United States | 4 |
of America and Great Britain from 1812 to 1815; and | 5 |
WHEREAS, During that war, American and British forces fought | 6 |
several crucial battles in the Northwest Territory because of the | 7 |
region's strategic importance; and | 8 |
WHEREAS, Northwest Ohio, with its access to the Great Lakes, | 9 |
to Fort Detroit, and to Canada, served a particularly significant | 10 |
role during the war; and | 11 |
WHEREAS, After the fall of Detroit in August 1812, the | 12 |
British took control of Lake Erie and thus secured British supply | 13 |
lines between the United States and Canada; and | 14 |
WHEREAS, In the Battle of Lake Erie, which took place on | 15 |
September 10, 1813, American sailors under the command of | 16 |
Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry defeated the British Lake Erie | 17 |
squadron near the Bass Islands; and | 18 |
WHEREAS, America's victory in the Battle of Lake Erie was a | 19 |
direct result of the extraordinary bravery of Commodore Perry and | 20 |
the men who served under him, especially those who were killed or | 21 |
wounded; and | 22 |
WHEREAS, The restoration of American control over Lake Erie, | 23 |
in severing British supply lines and allowing United States forces | 24 |
to recapture Detroit, proved to be a key turning point in the war; | 25 |
and | 26 |
WHEREAS, In winning the War of 1812, the United States | 27 |
affirmed its independence from British rule and established itself | 28 |
as a formidable naval power; now therefore be it | 29 |
RESOLVED, That we, the members of the 130th General Assembly | 30 |
of the State of Ohio, commemorate the War of 1812 and the Battle | 31 |
of Lake Erie and recognize northwest Ohio's important role in the | 32 |
war; and be it further | 33 |
RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the House of Representatives | 34 |
transmit duly authenticated copies of this resolution to the news | 35 |
media of Ohio. | 36 |