PRINTER'S NO. 2774
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
625
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY BARRAR, ROZZI, SAINATO, BAKER, BARBIN, BOBACK,
BURNS, CALTAGIRONE, CHARLTON, CORBIN, COX, DiGIROLAMO,
DRISCOLL, DUSH, FEE, HAHN, HENNESSEY, KAUFFMAN, LONGIETTI,
MACKENZIE, MARSICO, MEHAFFIE, MENTZER, MILLARD, MURT,
NEILSON, O'NEILL, PASHINSKI, PICKETT, READSHAW, RYAN,
SANTORA, SAYLOR, SONNEY, TOOHIL, WARD, WATSON AND SCHWEYER,
DECEMBER 5, 2017
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
DECEMBER 5, 2017
A RESOLUTION
Designating December 16, 2017, as "Wreaths Across America Day"
in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, The Wreaths Across America project began in 1992
with the transportation and placement of 5,000 Maine balsam fir
remembrance wreaths on the graves of the fallen heroes buried at
Arlington National Cemetery; and
WHEREAS, The Wreaths Across America project is recognized
annually in December; and
WHEREAS, More than 3,317,000 wreaths have been sent to
locations, including national cemeteries and veterans memorials,
in every state and overseas; and
WHEREAS, Each December hundreds of thousands of individuals
volunteer to help lay remembrance wreaths; and
WHEREAS, In 2016, more than 1,200,000 wreaths were placed at
1,226 locations nationwide; and
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