Bill Text: WV SR15 | 2017 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Recognizing centennial year of City of Nitro
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2017-02-20 - Completed legislative action [SR15 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2017-SR15-Introduced.html
SENATE RESOLUTION 15
(By Senators Gaunch, Jeffries, Plymale, Stollings and Boso)
[Introduced February 20, 2017]
Recognizing the centennial year of the City of Nitro.
Whereas, The City of Nitro, West Virginia, was founded during World War I as a result of the Deficiency Appropriation Act of October 6, 1917, which authorized funds for the construction of United States Government explosives plants; and
Whereas, The City of Nitro was recognized as a “Living Memorial to World War I” on the floor of the 97th Congress of the United States Senate on September 29, 1982; and
Whereas, The citizens of the City of Nitro, in this, their one hundredth year, are working diligently towards dedicating the City of Nitro as a National Memorial to World War I; and
Whereas, The City of Nitro is celebrating its centennial throughout the year of 2017, with dedications, ceremonies, parades, fireworks and appropriate displays; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate:
That the Senate hereby recognizes the centennial year of the City of Nitro; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Clerk is hereby directed to forward a copy of this resolution to the appropriate officials representing the City of Nitro.
