Bill Text: PA HR613 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Recognizing and congratulating the County of Lehigh on the 200th anniversary of its founding.

Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 32-21)

Status: (Passed) 2012-03-12 - Adopted (192-0) [HR613 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-HR613-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 3180
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No. 613 Session of2012
INTRODUCED BY MANN, BRENNAN, DAY, HARHART, SAMUELSON, SIMMONS, V. BROWN, CALTAGIRONE, CAUSER, CLYMER, D. COSTA, P. COSTA, DeLUCA, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, EMRICK, FABRIZIO, FLECK, GEIST, GEORGE, GILLEN, GINGRICH, GODSHALL, GOODMAN, GROVE, HAHN, HICKERNELL, M. K. KELLER, KNOWLES, KORTZ, KULA, MAHONEY, MAJOR, MATZIE, MILLARD, MOUL, MURT, O'NEILL, PARKER, PICKETT, ROSS, SANTONI, SAYLOR, SCAVELLO, SONNEY, SWANGER, VEREB, VULAKOVICH AND YOUNGBLOOD, MARCH 12, 2012
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, MARCH 12, 2012
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing and congratulating Lehigh County on the 200th
anniversary of its founding.
WHEREAS, Lehigh County is celebrating its bicentennial
anniversary in 2012; and
WHEREAS, Lehigh County was formed by dividing Northampton
County into two counties on March 6, 1812; and
WHEREAS, Northampton Town, founded by William Allen, was
selected as the county seat and renamed Allentown in 1838; and
WHEREAS, Lehigh County was home to George Taylor, a signer of
the Declaration of Independence, whose namesake will be
memorialized at the George Taylor House and the George Taylor
Monument Plaza; and
WHEREAS, Lehigh County became an important railroad and
industrial center, especially in the manufacturing of cement,
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steel and textiles; and
WHEREAS, Lehigh County has continued to grow over the last
two centuries, becoming a large and diverse metropolitan county;
and
WHEREAS, Lehigh County has transformed itself into a center
for finance, health care, education, technology and science; and
WHEREAS, Lehigh County is located within the Northeast
megalopolis, and is in close proximity to many of the largest
population centers in the United States, making it an important
commerce center; and
WHEREAS, A historical book has been created to document the
two-hundred-year history of Lehigh County; and
WHEREAS, A variety of events have been planned in celebration
of the county bicentennial; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize and
congratulate Lehigh County on the occasion of the 200th
anniversary of its founding.
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