Bill Text: OR HJR27 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

Oregon House Joint Resolution 27 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Recognizing need for Veterans Remembered Flag.

Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 10-4)

Status: (Failed) 2011-06-30 - In committee upon adjournment. [HJR27 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2011-HJR27-Introduced.html



     76th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2011 Regular Session

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                    House Joint Resolution 27

Sponsored by Representative ESQUIVEL; Representatives BENTZ,
  BOONE, FREEMAN, HICKS, KRIEGER, MATTHEWS, OLSON, SCHAUFLER,
  SHEEHAN, G SMITH, WEIDNER, WINGARD, WITT

                             SUMMARY

The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.

  Recognizes need for Veterans Remembered Flag.

                        JOINT RESOLUTION
  Whereas the men and women of the Armed Forces of the United
States are the main defense against threats faced by our nation;
and
  Whereas the spirit, sacrifice and commitment of our veterans
can never be underestimated and must be remembered with
gratitude; and
  Whereas there are flags for all branches of the Armed Forces of
the United States and there is a flag for prisoners of war and
those missing in action, but there is no flag to honor the
millions of former military personnel who have served our nation;
and
  Whereas a flag is a symbol of recognition for a group or an
ideal; and
  Whereas veterans compose a group, certainly represent an ideal
and surely have earned their own flag; and
  Whereas the 20,400,000 veterans, affiliated and unaffiliated
with veterans' organizations, who have served in our nation's
military compose a significant portion of our nation's
population; and
  Whereas a Veterans Remembered Flag would memorialize and honor
past, present and future veterans and provide an enduring symbol
to support tomorrow's veterans today; and
  Whereas displaying and flying a Veterans Remembered Flag would
fill the need for a flag honoring all veterans who have served in
our nation's armed forces; now, therefore,
Be It Resolved by the Legislative Assembly of the State of
  Oregon:
  That we, the members of the Seventy-sixth Legislative Assembly,
recognize the need for a Veterans Remembered Flag and support the
efforts of groups that seek to establish a Veterans Remembered
Flag as a tribute to this nation's veterans.
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