PRINTER'S NO. 4173
No. 805 Session of 2004
INTRODUCED BY BASTIAN, ARMSTRONG, BAKER, BALDWIN, BEBKO-JONES,
BENNINGHOFF, BROWNE, BUNT, CAPPELLI, CAUSER, CLYMER, COLEMAN,
CORRIGAN, CRAHALLA, CREIGHTON, CRUZ, DAILEY, DALEY, DALLY,
DENLINGER, EGOLF, J. EVANS, FABRIZIO, FAIRCHILD, FICHTER,
FORCIER, FRANKEL, GEIST, GEORGE, GINGRICH, GOODMAN, GRUCELA,
HALUSKA, HARHAI, HARHART, HENNESSEY, HERMAN, HERSHEY, HESS,
HORSEY, JAMES, LAUGHLIN, LEDERER, LEH, MAJOR, MANN, MARKOSEK,
MARSICO, McGILL, McILHATTAN, MELIO, METCALFE, R. MILLER,
MUSTIO, NAILOR, PALLONE, PAYNE, PHILLIPS, PICKETT, READSHAW,
REED, ROHRER, ROSS, RUBLEY, SAINATO, SATHER, SAYLOR,
SCAVELLO, B. SMITH, SOLOBAY, STAIRS, R. STEVENSON, SURRA,
TANGRETTI, TIGUE, TRUE, WOJNAROSKI AND YOUNGBLOOD,
JUNE 28, 2004
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
JUNE 28, 2004
A RESOLUTION
1 Congratulating Somerset Borough, Somerset County, on the
2 bicentennial anniversary of its founding.
3 WHEREAS, On April 17, 1795, Somerset County was formed from
4 Bedford County and Brunerstown, originally founded by Harmon
5 Husband, was selected as the county seat and changed its name to
6 Somerset Borough; and
7 WHEREAS, Somerset Borough was incorporated on March 5, 1804;
8 and
9 WHEREAS, The first newspaper in the county, the German
10 Farmer, was published for the first time on that date; and
11 WHEREAS, The first high school in the county was established
12 in Somerset Borough during 1887; and
1 WHEREAS, Somerset Borough has a proud blue-collar tradition
2 of farming, logging, mining and mills; and
3 WHEREAS, More recently, Somerset Borough has become known as
4 the focal point of the Flight 93 terrorist attack on September
5 11, 2001, and for the heroic rescue of 9 trapped coal miners
6 from the Quecreek Mine accident in 2002; and
7 WHEREAS, During 2004, Somerset Borough celebrates the
8 bicentennial anniversary of its founding; therefore be it
9 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives congratulate
10 Somerset Borough, Somerset County, on the bicentennial
11 anniversary of its founding.
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