Bill Text: OH HCR28 | 2011-2012 | 129th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: To honor "Taps" on its sesquicentennial and urge all
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 21-8)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-11-09 - To Veterans Affairs [HCR28 Detail]
Download: Ohio-2011-HCR28-Introduced.html
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Representatives Beck, Pillich
Cosponsors:
Representatives Slaby, Uecker, O'Brien, Blessing, Derickson, Adams, J., Grossman, McGregor, Reece, Goodwin, Bubp, Hill, Ashford, Combs, Antonio, Yuko, Martin, Gonzales, Ruhl, Gardner, Duffey, Szollosi, Roegner, Sears, Gerberry, Rosenberger, Butler
| To honor "Taps" on its sesquicentennial and urge all | 1 |
| Ohioans to take part in appropriate celebratory | 2 |
| events. | 3 |
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF OHIO
(THE SENATE CONCURRING):
| WHEREAS, The members of the 129th General Assembly of the | 4 |
| State of Ohio are pleased to commend "Taps" on the auspicious | 5 |
| occasion of its one hundred fiftieth anniversary; and | 6 |
| WHEREAS, Recognition of this prestigious milestone is a | 7 |
| fitting tribute to "Taps." General Daniel Butterfield of the Union | 8 |
| Army wanted a less formal bugle call to replace the last call of | 9 |
| the day to signify "extinguish lights," and in 1862, he composed | 10 |
| "Taps" at Berkeley Plantation in Harrison's Landing, Virginia. The | 11 |
| new call was soon adopted throughout the military and was | 12 |
| officially recognized by the U.S. Army in 1874; and | 13 |
| WHEREAS, Today, "Taps" is easily recognized throughout | 14 |
| America for its moving and emotive melody. Unique to the U.S. | 15 |
| armed forces, the call is used at American military bases around | 16 |
| the world to signal the end of the day, and since 1891, it has | 17 |
| also been played as a standard at military funerals as a final | 18 |
| tribute to our fallen veterans; and | 19 |
| WHEREAS, In 2000, the U.S. Congress authorized full military | 20 |
| honors at the funerals of all honorably discharged veterans, | 21 |
| including the playing of "Taps" on either a ceremonial or digital | 22 |
| bugle. The Taps 150 Organization is petitioning Congress to have | 23 |
| "Taps" recognized as America's national song of remembrance, and | 24 |
| it is also working to refurbish the Taps Memorial Monument and to | 25 |
| schedule national events to recognize the one hundred fiftieth | 26 |
| anniversary of "Taps," including at Berkeley Plantation; now | 27 |
| therefore be it | 28 |
| RESOLVED, That we, the members of the 129th General Assembly | 29 |
| of the State of Ohio, in adopting this resolution, honor "Taps" on | 30 |
| its sesquicentennial and urge all Ohioans to take part in | 31 |
| appropriate celebratory events; and be it further | 32 |
| RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the House of Representatives | 33 |
| transmit duly authenticated copies of this resolution to the Taps | 34 |
| 150 Organization and to the news media of Ohio. | 35 |
