Bill Text: TX HR926 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Commemorating the 100th anniversary of Walton H. Walker American Legion Post 55 in Belton.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-04-05 - Reported enrolled [HR926 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR926-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Commemorating the 100th anniversary of Walton H. Walker American Legion Post 55 in Belton.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-04-05 - Reported enrolled [HR926 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR926-Introduced.html
86R20373 JGH-D | ||
By: Shine | H.R. No. 926 |
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WHEREAS, Members of Walton H. Walker Post 55 of the American | ||
Legion in Belton are celebrating the 100th anniversary of their | ||
organization with an event on May 25, 2019; and | ||
WHEREAS, The post was first established in Belton on the | ||
Fourth of July in 1919 by the veterans of Bell County; the first | ||
commander was W. R. Brown of Temple, and the adjutant was | ||
C. W. Pyle of Belton; in 1951, the post was officially named in | ||
honor of Korean War hero General Walton Walker; and | ||
WHEREAS, Born in Belton in 1889, Walton Walker graduated from | ||
West Point in 1912, and over the course of his career in the | ||
U.S. Army, he became known as "Patton's Bulldog" for his leadership | ||
of the IV Armored Corps and XX Corps during World War II and as the | ||
"unsung hero" of the Korean War as the commander of the 8th Army, | ||
which bore the brunt of the North Korean invasion on June 28, 1950; | ||
he served as commander of the United Nations forces in Korea until | ||
his death in a jeep accident in December 1950; and | ||
WHEREAS, Over the years, Post 55 has greatly benefited its | ||
community through its contributions to the Belton Christian Youth | ||
Center, the Communities in Schools program, the Helping Hands | ||
Ministry, the Belton Fire Department, the Make-A-Wish Foundation, | ||
and the Apple Tree program, among others; using proceeds from its | ||
bingo games, the post has also endowed two $100,000 scholarships | ||
through the Belton Educational Enrichment Foundation, in the names | ||
of two Legion members, former post vice commander Joseph Elliot | ||
Wilson and former post commander Theo A. McGhee; and | ||
WHEREAS, For 100 years, the legionnaires of Post 55 have | ||
stayed true to the ideals of loyalty and patriotism that informed | ||
their military service, and they have given generously of their | ||
time and resources to make their community a better place in which | ||
to live; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby congratulate Walton H. Walker American Legion | ||
Post 55 on its centennial and extend to its members sincere best | ||
wishes for a meaningful and memorable anniversary event; and, be it | ||
further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Post 55 as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
House of Representatives. |