Bill Text: TX HR104 | 2011 | 82nd Legislature 1st Special | Introduced
Bill Title: Directing the Texas Historical Commission to work with the City of Austin to honor the memory of President John F. Kennedy with an official Texas Historical Marker at or near the site of the Austin Municipal Auditorium.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-06-16 - Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism [HR104 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HR104-Introduced.html
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| By: Raymond | H.R. No. 104 | |
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| WHEREAS, In November 1963, many Texans were anticipating a | ||
| two-day visit to their state by President John F. Kennedy; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The president's itinerary included stops in Dallas, | ||
| San Antonio, Houston, Fort Worth, and the capital of the Lone Star | ||
| State, where he was to appear at the Municipal Auditorium on | ||
| November 22; the speech he planned to deliver in Austin that evening | ||
| included memories of his 1960 campaign tour of Texas with then vice | ||
| presidential candidate Lyndon B. Johnson and concluded with a call | ||
| for unity and renewed confidence in American ideals; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The assassination of President Kennedy in Dallas on | ||
| November 22, 1963, forever changed the United States of America and | ||
| its people; in the aftermath of that tragedy, the planned visit to | ||
| Austin became a somber footnote in the annals of Texas and the | ||
| United States; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The placement of a Texas Historical Marker near the | ||
| auditorium would serve to remind future generations of President | ||
| Kennedy's leadership and his special interest in the citizens of | ||
| the Lone Star State; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas | ||
| Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby direct the Texas Historical | ||
| Commission to work with the City of Austin to develop a unique | ||
| design for an official Texas Historical Marker in honor of | ||
| President Kennedy, to be paid for entirely with funds raised | ||
| privately for this purpose, for placement on or near the site of the | ||
| Austin Municipal Auditorium; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That such marker include these words from President | ||
| Kennedy's intended remarks: | ||
| For our Country is moving and it must not stop. It | ||
| cannot stop. Let us stand together with renewed | ||
| confidence in our cause--united in our heritage of the | ||
| past and hopes for the future--and determined that | ||
| this land we love shall lead all mankind into new | ||
| frontiers of peace and abundance. | ||
| and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That the chief clerk forward an official copy of | ||
| this resolution to the chair of the Texas Historical Commission. | ||
