Bill Text: TX HR118 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing the annual Arlington Independence Day Parade.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-10-19 - Reported enrolled [HR118 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HR118-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 118 | ||
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| WHEREAS, The Arlington Independence Day Parade is the oldest | ||
| and longest-running citywide event in the community, and over the | ||
| years, it has become a highly anticipated local tradition; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Started by Dottie Lynn and Church Women United in | ||
| 1965, the first parade was a charming, homespun affair featuring | ||
| children on bicycles decorated with red, white, and blue, riding | ||
| through Randol Mill Park; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In the decades since, the event has grown into a | ||
| grand, two-mile parade that winds through Arlington's downtown as | ||
| well as the College Park District at The University of Texas at | ||
| Arlington; the parade's more than 150 entries include homemade and | ||
| professionally built floats created by businesses, nonprofit | ||
| organizations, churches, and youth groups, accompanied by the | ||
| stirring rhythm of marching bands from the city's high schools; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The parade is organized by the Arlington 4th of July | ||
| Association, and it benefits from the generosity of its sponsors; | ||
| drawing some 75,000 spectators, the event has featured many notable | ||
| local celebrities as grand marshal, and each year, the parade is | ||
| dedicated to a different area organization or group, such as UTA | ||
| alumni, the Boy Scouts, the Red Cross, and the men and women of our | ||
| country's armed forces; and | ||
| WHEREAS, For more than a half century, the Arlington | ||
| Independence Day Parade has provided a festive opportunity for area | ||
| residents to express their patriotism and celebrate our nation's | ||
| founding in the company of their fellow citizens; now, therefore, | ||
| be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas | ||
| Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby recognize the annual | ||
| Arlington Independence Day Parade and extend to all those | ||
| associated with the event sincere best wishes for the future. | ||
| Turner of Tarrant | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 118 was adopted by the House on | ||
| October 14, 2021, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
