PRINTER'S NO. 2035
No. 321 Session of 2005
INTRODUCED BY CRAHALLA, RUBLEY, ADOLPH, BAKER, BALDWIN, BARRAR,
BASTIAN, BEBKO-JONES, BENNINGHOFF, BOYD, CALTAGIRONE,
CAPPELLI, CAUSER, CLYMER, CORNELL, CORRIGAN, COSTA, CRUZ,
DALEY, DENLINGER, DeWEESE, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, D. EVANS,
FABRIZIO, FAIRCHILD, FICHTER, FLEAGLE, FORCIER, FRANKEL,
GEIST, GEORGE, GILLESPIE, GINGRICH, GODSHALL, GOODMAN,
GRUCELA, HARHAI, HERMAN, HERSHEY, HESS, HICKERNELL, JAMES,
LEDERER, LEH, MAJOR, MANDERINO, MARSICO, McGILL, METCALFE,
MUSTIO, NAILOR, PAYNE, PHILLIPS, PICKETT, PISTELLA, QUIGLEY,
REED, ROBERTS, ROHRER, ROSS, SAINATO, SATHER, SCAVELLO,
SCHRODER, SHANER, SHAPIRO, B. SMITH, STABACK, R. STEVENSON,
TANGRETTI, E. Z. TAYLOR, TIGUE, TRUE, WALKO, WOJNAROSKI,
YOUNGBLOOD AND ZUG, JUNE 3, 2005
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
JUNE 3, 2005
A RESOLUTION
1 Congratulating Lower Providence Township, Montgomery County, on
2 the celebration of the 200th anniversary of its founding.
3 WHEREAS, Lenni Lenape tribesmen favored the area of present-
4 day Lower Providence Township, Montgomery County, for hunting
5 and for the excellent fishing Perkiomen Creek and Skippack Creek
6 afforded; and
7 WHEREAS, Evansburg, settled by English Anglicans as part of
8 William Penn's Holy Experiment, was conceived in the early 18th
9 century as one of our nation's first planned villages; and
10 WHEREAS, Agriculture, industry, copper mining and commerce
11 thrived during the post-Revolutionary period in the area then
12 known as Providence Township, which was until September 1784
1 part of Philadelphia County; and
2 WHEREAS, Providence Township split in 1805 into Upper
3 Providence Township and Lower Providence Township; and
4 WHEREAS, Evansburg as well as the communities of Audubon,
5 Eagleville, Trooper and Yerkes comprise Lower Providence
6 Township; and
7 WHEREAS, Lower Providence Township attractions include a
8 portion of Valley Forge National Historic Park, Evansburg State
9 Park and Mill Grove, home of wildlife artist and naturalist John
10 James Audubon, in the 175-acre Audubon Wildlife Sanctuary;
11 therefore be it
12 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives congratulate
13 Lower Providence Township, Montgomery County, on the celebration
14 of the 200th anniversary of its founding.
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