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
  82S10673 BPG-D
 
  By: Raymond H.R. No. 104
 
 
 
R E S O L U T I O N
         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.
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