PRINTER'S NO. 3280
No. 613 Session of 2008
INTRODUCED BY PAYTON, BELFANTI, BEYER, BOYD, BUXTON, FAIRCHILD,
FRANKEL, GALLOWAY, GIBBONS, HENNESSEY, JAMES, KULA, McGEEHAN,
MUSTIO, PARKER, PETRONE, SAINATO, SIPTROTH, VULAKOVICH AND
READSHAW, FEBRUARY 28, 2008
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
FEBRUARY 28, 2008
A RESOLUTION
1 Recognizing the Freedom and Heritage Flag of the former Republic
2 of Vietnam as the official symbol of this Commonwealth's
3 Vietnamese-American community.
4 WHEREAS, The end of the Vietnam Conflict produced an exodus
5 of more than two million Vietnamese people who sought political
6 asylum in the free world and bravely risked their lives to live
7 under the principles of democracy; and
8 WHEREAS, There are a significant number of Vietnamese
9 Americans who have chosen to make this Commonwealth their home;
10 and
11 WHEREAS, This Commonwealth's Vietnamese-American community
12 has made substantial contributions to the cultural, religious,
13 political and business life of Pennsylvania; and
14 WHEREAS, The vast majority of this Commonwealth's Vietnamese-
15 American citizens embrace the yellow and three red-striped flag
16 as the Freedom and Heritage Flag of the Vietnamese-American
17 community; and
1 WHEREAS, The Freedom and Heritage Flag of the former Republic
2 of Vietnam is symbolic of the Vietnamese people, freedom, human
3 rights, democracy and those who sacrificed their lives in order
4 to defend these essential societal principles; and
5 WHEREAS, Vietnamese Americans of this Commonwealth proudly
6 raise this Freedom and Heritage Flag; therefore be it
7 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives formally
8 recognize the Freedom and Heritage Flag as the official symbol
9 of this Commonwealth's Vietnamese-American community and support
10 the efforts of the Vietnamese-American community to promote
11 freedom and democracy in Vietnam.
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