Bill Text: PA SR438 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Designating the week of October 10 through 16, 2010, as "Medal of Honor Grove Week" in Pennsylvania.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2010-10-14 - Introduced and adopted [SR438 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-SR438-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 2298
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No. 438 Session of2010
INTRODUCED BY DINNIMAN, EARLL, ERICKSON, FARNESE, FERLO, FONTANA, GREENLEAF, HUGHES, KASUNIC, O'PAKE, ORIE, RAFFERTY, STOUT, TARTAGLIONE, M. WHITE, WILLIAMS, PICCOLA, PILEGGI, KITCHEN, STACK, BOSCOLA, WASHINGTON, FOLMER AND EICHELBERGER, OCTOBER 14, 2010
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, OCTOBER 14, 2010
A RESOLUTION
Designating the week of October 10 through 16, 2010, as "Medal
of Honor Grove Week" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, The Medal of Honor is our nation’s highest military
honor and has been bestowed upon fewer than 3,500 individuals
since its inception in 1862; and
WHEREAS, The Freedoms Foundation's Medal of Honor Grove in
Schuylkill Township, Chester County, is the nation’s oldest
memorial site dedicated to Medal of Honor recipients; and
WHEREAS, The Medal of Honor Grove was dedicated in 1964
through the work of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, General Omar
Bradley and others; and
WHEREAS, The Medal of Honor Grove consists of 52 acres, with
one acre for each state, the District of Columbia and Puerto
Rico; and
WHEREAS, The site for each state features an obelisk and
medal plaques individually honoring each Medal of Honor
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recipient dating back to the Civil War; and
WHEREAS, The site for this Commonwealth features the names of
346 Medal of Honor recipients, each of whom distinguished
himself "conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity at the risk
of his life above and beyond the call of duty while engaged in
an action against an enemy of the United States"; and
WHEREAS, At the 1964 dedication of the Medal of Honor Grove,
it was made clear that the Medal of Honor Grove was in
perpetuity to remain a place of honor and respect for Medal of
Honor recipients; and
WHEREAS, In recent years the Medal of Honor Grove has fallen
into disrepair and been subject to numerous purchase offers from
developers; and
WHEREAS, This fall the Medal of Honor Grove has been returned
to a condition befitting its purpose thanks to the efforts of
more than 1,000 volunteers, including Medal of Honor recipients
retired Sergeant Sammy L. Davis, retired Major General James E.
Livingston and Pennsylvania native retired Colonel Walter J.
Marm; and
WHEREAS, In recent months, the President of the United States
presented posthumously the Medal of Honor to two Pennsylvania
soldiers, Chief Master Sergeant Richard L. Etchberger of Berks
County and Staff Sergeant Robert J. Miller of Dauphin County,
and to one living soldier, Staff Sergeant Salvatore Giunta;
therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate designate the week of October 10
through 16, 2010, as "Medal of Honor Grove Week" in
Pennsylvania; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the Senate call upon all those involved with
the Medal of Honor Grove to provide it the proper and perpetual
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care and respect due those to whom our nation has bestowed its
highest military honor.
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