Bill Text: TX HR2258 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commemorating Flag Day 2017.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-30 - Reported enrolled [HR2258 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HR2258-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 2258 |
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WHEREAS, For more than two centuries, the American flag has | ||
symbolized the values, ideals, and spirit of our nation, and | ||
Americans celebrate Flag Day each year to mark the anniversary of | ||
the official adoption of the Stars and Stripes on June 14, 1777; and | ||
WHEREAS, The idea for an annual day of celebration of the | ||
American flag is believed to have originated in 1885, when a | ||
Wisconsin public school teacher arranged for his students to | ||
commemorate "Flag Birthday" on June 14; four years later, a | ||
kindergarten teacher in New York City took up the cause, and in | ||
1894, Chicago hosted a general public school observance in parks | ||
around the city that drew the participation of more than 300,000 | ||
children; celebrations were held throughout the late 19th century | ||
by the Betsy Ross House in Philadelphia, the New York Society of the | ||
Sons of the Revolution, and the National Society of the Colonial | ||
Dames of America in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; and | ||
WHEREAS, In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson issued a | ||
proclamation establishing Flag Day as a nationwide observance, | ||
calling on Americans to consider it "a day upon which we should | ||
direct our minds with a special desire of renewal to thoughts of the | ||
ideals and principles of which we have sought to make our great | ||
Government the embodiment"; with the holiday growing in popularity | ||
in communities around the country, President Harry Truman signed an | ||
Act of Congress in 1949 officially designating June 14 as National | ||
Flag Day; and | ||
WHEREAS, The flag that once united our fledgling democracy | ||
continues to be a beacon of hope and freedom for people around the | ||
world, and Flag Day serves as an occasion to celebrate the legacy of | ||
"Old Glory" and to reflect on the national heritage for which it | ||
stands; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby commemorate June 14, 2017, as Flag Day and | ||
encourage all Texans to display and pay respect to the American | ||
flag. | ||
Price | ||
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Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 2258 was adopted by the House on May | ||
25, 2017, by a non-record vote. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||