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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION |
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| INTRODUCED BY DeLUCA, D. COSTA, CALTAGIRONE, BARRAR, BURNS, CLYMER, COHEN, DALEY, EVERETT, FABRIZIO, FRANKEL, GEORGE, GINGRICH, GODSHALL, GOODMAN, GRELL, GROVE, HARHAI, HESS, JAMES, KNOWLES, KOTIK, LONGIETTI, MAHONEY, MAJOR, MANN, MARSICO, McGEEHAN, MILLARD, MUSTIO, M. O'BRIEN, O'NEILL, PICKETT, PRESTON, READSHAW, ROEBUCK, ROSS, SACCONE, SANTONI, SCAVELLO, SCHMOTZER, SONNEY, STABACK, STURLA, VEREB, WATSON, PASHINSKI, BEAR, BOBACK, VITALI, MILNE, CONKLIN, BRADFORD, HARKINS, SANTARSIERO, QUINN, MURT AND JOSEPHS, OCTOBER 1, 2012 |
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| INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, OCTOBER 1, 2012 |
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| A RESOLUTION |
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1 | Designating the month of October 2012 as "Italian Heritage |
2 | Month" in Pennsylvania. |
3 | WHEREAS, Italian heritage is richly entwined in the history |
4 | of the United States; and |
5 | WHEREAS, The voyages of explorer Christopher Columbus |
6 | resulted in the discovery of the American continents on October |
7 | 12, 1492; and |
8 | WHEREAS, Italians and people of Italian descent have made |
9 | remarkable contributions to the development of our country |
10 | through exploration, science, literature, business and |
11 | government; and |
12 | WHEREAS, Our government was created and formed with |
13 | contributions from Italian Americans such as William Paca, a |
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1 | signer of the Declaration of Independence, and Philip Mazzei, |
2 | organizer of the Constitutional Society, a forum for development |
3 | of the Constitution of the United States; and |
4 | WHEREAS, James Latta graduated with six classmates in the |
5 | first class of what is now known as the University of |
6 | Pennsylvania; and |
7 | WHEREAS, Alessandro Malaspina surveyed the Pacific coast in |
8 | 1791, drawing extensive maps and charts later used for further |
9 | exploration of the territory; and |
10 | WHEREAS, Eusabio Valli in 1816 contracted yellow fever for |
11 | the purpose of developing a vaccine for immunization; and |
12 | WHEREAS, On a sidewalk in Wilkes-Barre in 1897, Amedeo Obici |
13 | first sold roasted peanuts, a business he later named the |
14 | Planters Peanut Company; and |
15 | WHEREAS, Rosa Maria Segale fought against great odds, |
16 | including several encounters with the renowned outlaw Billy The |
17 | Kid, to found the first public schools in New Mexico; and |
18 | WHEREAS, Charles Joseph Bonaparte, Attorney General under |
19 | President Theodore Roosevelt, founded the Federal Bureau of |
20 | Investigation; and |
21 | WHEREAS, Enrico Fermi's development of the first controlled |
22 | nuclear energy reaction initiated the atomic age; and |
23 | WHEREAS, Man landed on the moon under the direction of Rocco |
24 | Petrone, director of the NASA Apollo space program; and |
25 | WHEREAS, Italian Americans have bravely defended our country |
26 | from the Revolutionary War to the present and led the fight |
27 | against slavery; and |
28 | WHEREAS, Twenty-four soldiers of Italian descent have been |
29 | awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor; and |
30 | WHEREAS, Countless men and women of Italian descent have |
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1 | served our county with distinction, building roads, founding |
2 | universities and making vital medical and scientific discoveries |
3 | that have shaped the nation; and |
4 | WHEREAS, The lives of Americans today are vastly improved and |
5 | affected by the dedication and devotion of Italian Americans |
6 | throughout history; therefore be it |
7 | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate the |
8 | month of October 2012 as "Italian Heritage Month" in |
9 | Pennsylvania. |
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