PRINTER'S NO. 2349
No. 351 Session of 2003
INTRODUCED BY MAITLAND, HERMAN, CORRIGAN, ALLEN, ARGALL, BAKER,
BARD, BARRAR, BOYD, CLYMER, COY, CRUZ, CURRY, DERMODY,
DONATUCCI, FABRIZIO, FAIRCHILD, FLEAGLE, FORCIER, FREEMAN,
GEIST, GEORGE, GERGELY, GOODMAN, HARHAI, HENNESSEY, HERSHEY,
HESS, HORSEY, JAMES, KOTIK, LEDERER, LEH, LESCOVITZ, MAJOR,
MARKOSEK, McGEEHAN, McILHATTAN, NICKOL, PALLONE, PERZEL,
PISTELLA, RAYMOND, READSHAW, ROHRER, ROSS, RUBLEY, SAINATO,
SAMUELSON, SANTONI, SAYLOR, SEMMEL, B. SMITH, SOLOBAY,
STABACK, STERN, STETLER, TANGRETTI, E. Z. TAYLOR, THOMAS,
VANCE, WALKO, WASHINGTON, ZUG AND LAUGHLIN, JULY 3, 2003
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
JULY 3, 2003
A RESOLUTION
1 Commemorating on July 1, 2 and 3, 2003, the 140th anniversary of
2 the Battle of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania.
3 WHEREAS, In July of 1863, the turning point of the American
4 Civil War occurred at the Battle of Gettysburg; and
5 WHEREAS, General Robert E. Lee's 75,000-man Army of Northern
6 Virginia and General George G. Meade's 97,000-man Union Army of
7 the Potomac met; and
8 WHEREAS, Of the more than 2,000 land engagements of the Civil
9 War, Gettysburg ranks supreme and remains the great battle of
10 the war; and
11 WHEREAS, The Battle of Gettysburg has become known as the
12 "High Water Mark of the Confederacy"; and
13 WHEREAS, There were 51,000 casualties, making Gettysburg the
1 bloodiest battle of American history; and
2 WHEREAS, At Gettysburg on July 1, 2 and 3, 1863, more men
3 actually fought and more men died than in any other battle
4 before or since on North American soil; therefore be it
5 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives commemorate the
6 140th anniversary on July 1, 2 and 3, 2003, of the Battle of
7 Gettysburg in Pennsylvania.
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