THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE RESOLUTION

INTRODUCED BY MELIO, BAKER, BELFANTI, BENNINGHOFF, BISHOP, BOYLE, BRENNAN, BRIGGS, BROOKS, CALTAGIRONE, CASORIO, CAUSER, CLYMER, CONKLIN, D. COSTA, DALEY, DELOZIER, DENLINGER, DePASQUALE, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, EVERETT, FAIRCHILD, FLECK, FREEMAN, GABLER, GEIST, GEORGE, GIBBONS, GRUCELA, HAHN, HARHAI, HELM, HICKERNELL, HORNAMAN, HUTCHINSON, JOHNSON, KILLION, KIRKLAND, KORTZ, KULA, LENTZ, LONGIETTI, MAJOR, MANN, MARKOSEK, MARSHALL, MARSICO, McGEEHAN, MICOZZIE, MILLARD, MILLER, MIRABITO, MOUL, MUNDY, MURPHY, MUSTIO, OBERLANDER, M. O'BRIEN, O'NEILL, PALLONE, PASHINSKI, PAYNE, PAYTON, PERRY, PYLE, ROEBUCK, ROSS, SAINATO, SANTONI, SAYLOR, SEIP, SIPTROTH, SOLOBAY, SONNEY, STABACK, STEVENSON, SWANGER, TALLMAN, R. TAYLOR, TOEPEL, VULAKOVICH, WAGNER, WATSON AND YOUNGBLOOD, OCTOBER 25, 2010

INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, OCTOBER 25, 2010  

A RESOLUTION

Honoring all Pennsylvania veterans who served during war and

peace on the occasion of Veterans Day, November 11, 2010.

WHEREAS, In 1918, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day in

the eleventh month, the world rejoiced and celebrated because,

after four years of bitter war, an armistice was signed that

declared the "war to end all wars" over; and

WHEREAS, November 11 was set aside as Armistice Day in the

United States to remember the sacrifices men and women made

during World War I in order to ensure a lasting peace; and

WHEREAS, On Armistice Day, soldiers who survived the war

marched in a parade through their hometowns, and politicians,

public officials and veteran officers gave speeches and held

ceremonies of thanks for the peace they had won; and

WHEREAS, The Congress of the United States voted Armistice

Day a legal holiday in 1938, but Americans realized that the

previous war would not be the last one; and

WHEREAS, World War II began the following year, and nations

great and small again participated in a bloody struggle; and

WHEREAS, After World War II, Armistice Day continued to be

observed on November 11; and

WHEREAS, In 1953, townspeople in Emporia, Kansas, called the

holiday "Veterans Day" in gratitude to the veterans in their

town; and

WHEREAS, Soon after, Congress passed a bill renaming the

national holiday as Veterans Day; and

WHEREAS, Americans still give thanks to veterans for their

service on Veterans Day with ceremonies and speeches, and at 11

a.m. many Americans observe a moment of silence in remembrance

of those who fought and for those who gave their lives to

preserve the freedoms we now enjoy; therefore be it

RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives honor all

Pennsylvania veterans who served during war and peace on the

occasion of Veterans Day, November 11, 2010, and honor the men

and women who currently serve in our armed forces at home and

abroad in America's war on terrorism; and be it further

RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives encourage

communities to participate in Veterans Day ceremonies across

this Commonwealth in recognition of those who have served the

United States and this Commonwealth in the past and those who

continue to serve our country in its current time of need.