PRINTER'S NO. 4089
No. 606 Session of 2000
INTRODUCED BY RUBLEY, FLICK, E. Z. TAYLOR, ROSS, SCHRODER,
HERSHEY, HENNESSEY, MELIO, PESCI, BEBKO-JONES, BARRAR, BAKER,
LAUGHLIN, ARMSTRONG, MASLAND, DeWEESE, WALKO, PIPPY,
READSHAW, STABACK, WOJNAROSKI, THOMAS, CALTAGIRONE, GEORGE,
CORRIGAN, YOUNGBLOOD, S. MILLER, HESS, SAYLOR, FAIRCHILD,
ARGALL, HUTCHINSON, SATHER, FEESE, LESCOVITZ, SHANER,
M. COHEN, GEIST, DEMPSEY, FICHTER, MARSICO, BARD AND JOSEPHS,
OCTOBER 11, 2000
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
OCTOBER 11, 2000
A RESOLUTION
1 Recognizing St. David's Church and St. Peter's Church on the
2 occasions of their 300th anniversary.
3 WHEREAS, Three hundred years ago, St. David's Church and St.
4 Peter's Church in the Great Valley were founded as missions of
5 the historic Christ Church, Philadelphia; and
6 WHEREAS, The congregations of St. David's Church and St.
7 Peter's Church in the Great Valley played a vital role in the
8 early growth of historic Chester County, Pennsylvania; and
9 WHEREAS, St. David's Church was the home parish and eventual
10 burial site for General Anthony Wayne, a hero of the American
11 Revolution; and
12 WHEREAS, St. David's Church and its graveyard are registered
13 as a National Historic Landmark; and
14 WHEREAS, St. Peter's Church in the Great Valley served during
1 the Brandywine campaign of 1777 and the winter encampment at
2 Valley Forge as a field hospital for wounded American and
3 British soldiers, many of whom died and were buried on the
4 grounds of the church; and
5 WHEREAS, St. Peter's Church in the Great Valley is a
6 registered National Historic Landmark which served recently as
7 the site selected by the Governor of Pennsylvania for the
8 signing of the "Grow Greener" land conservation bill; and
9 WHEREAS, St. David's Church and St. Peter's Church in the
10 Great Valley have sent their parishioners out into the larger
11 community as public servants throughout their history; and
12 WHEREAS, St. David's Church and St. Peter's Church in the
13 Great Valley continue to serve their communities, their State
14 and the Nation as strong civic partners in numerous programs to
15 provide food, shelter, clothing, education, health care and
16 other forms of nurture to those in need; therefore be it
17 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize St.
18 David's Church and St. Peter's Church in the Great Valley on the
19 occasions of their 300th anniversary.
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