Bill Text: TX HR1187 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commemorating Memorial Day 2020.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-04-24 - Reported enrolled [HR1187 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR1187-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 1187 |
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WHEREAS, For well over a century, Americans have set aside | ||
Memorial Day as a time to honor those members of its military forces | ||
who have given their lives in service to the United States; and | ||
WHEREAS, This observance was introduced after the Civil War | ||
as a means of paying tribute to those who had died on both sides of | ||
the conflict; originally called Decoration Day for the practice of | ||
adorning the graves of soldiers with flowers once a year, the | ||
holiday came to be known as Memorial Day, a day to honor all of the | ||
country's fallen; though it was celebrated on May 30 for a number of | ||
decades, it has been observed on the final Monday in May since the | ||
early 1970s; and | ||
WHEREAS, In communities across the nation, veterans and their | ||
fellow citizens gather in cemeteries and other public places to pay | ||
tribute to the armed forces personnel who died protecting our | ||
liberty; "Taps," the haunting bugle call customarily performed at | ||
military funerals and memorials since the Civil War, is played | ||
during these ceremonies, and in accordance with tradition, the | ||
United States flag is lowered to half staff early in the day before | ||
being raised again at noon; and | ||
WHEREAS, The most well-known observance of Memorial Day | ||
occurs in Arlington National Cemetery at the Tomb of the Unknown | ||
Soldier, where the remains of unidentified Americans from World War | ||
I, World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War are interred; | ||
the president of the United States, accompanied by honor guards | ||
from all branches of the armed services, traditionally lays a | ||
wreath at the tomb, and a bugler offers a final salute by playing | ||
"Taps"; and | ||
WHEREAS, Americans owe an immeasurable debt to those men and | ||
women who made the ultimate sacrifice in behalf of the peace and | ||
stability of our nation, and it is a privilege to join with citizens | ||
across the country in paying homage to the courage, commitment, and | ||
patriotism of its military personnel; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby recognize Memorial Day 2020 in solemn | ||
commemoration of those who have died in service to our nation. | ||
Price | ||
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Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 1187 was adopted by the House on April | ||
18, 2019, by a non-record vote. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||