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HCR046.....................................................by STATE AFFAIRS
PATRIOT'S DAY - Stating findings of the Legislature and proclaiming April
19 as Patriot's Day in commemoration of the events of April 19, 1775.
02/21 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/22 Rpt prt - to 2nd rdg
02/23 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/27 3rd rdg - ADOPTED - 67-0-3
AYES -- Andrus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bastian, Bayer, Bedke, Bell,
Bilbao, Black, Block, Boe, Bolz, Bradford, Cannon, Chadderdon, Clark,
Collins, Deal, Denney, Edmunson, Ellsworth, Eskridge, Field(18),
Field(23), Garrett, Hart, Harwood, Henbest, Henderson, Jaquet, Kemp,
Lake, LeFavour, Loertscher, Martinez, Mathews, McGeachin, McKague,
Miller, Mitchell, Moyle, Nielsen, Nonini, Pasley-Stuart, Pence,
Raybould, Ring, Ringo, Roberts, Rusche, Rydalch, Sali(Sali), Sayler,
Schaefer, Shepherd(2), Shepherd(8), Shirley, Skippen, Smith(30),
Smith(24), Smylie, Snodgrass, Stevenson, Trail, Wills, Wood, Mr.
Speaker
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Anderson, Brackett, Crow
Floor Sponsor - Barrett
Title apvd - To Senate
02/28 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to St Aff
03/06 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 10th Ord
03/08 10th Ord - ADOPTED - voice vote
Floor Sponsor - Pearce
Title apvd - to House
03/09 To enrol
03/10 Rpt enrol - Sp signed
03/13 Pres signed
03/14 To Secretary of State
]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]]
Fifty-eighth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2006
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 46
BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
1 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
2 PROCLAIMING APRIL 19 AS PATRIOT'S DAY IN COMMEMORATION OF THE EVENTS OF APRIL
3 19, 1775.
4 Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
5 WHEREAS, April 19, 1775, marks the date when the Massachusetts towns of
6 Lexington and Concord were marched upon by British regulars in an effort to
7 confiscate the munitions stored there for the local militia; and
8 WHEREAS, near the hour of 5 a.m., British troops numbering between six
9 hundred and eight hundred men, encountered seventy-five patriots, under the
10 command of Captain Parker, at Lexington Green, where Captain Parker ordered,
11 "Stand your ground! Don't fire unless fired upon; but if they mean to have a
12 war, let it begin here."; and
13 WHEREAS, the result was the "shot heard 'round the world" and by the day's
14 end, the British troops had retreated from the field; and
15 WHEREAS, the events of this day were the spark that ignited the passions
16 of the colonial patriots resulting in the American Revolutionary War and the
17 founding of a great nation; and
18 WHEREAS, the states of Arkansas, Florida, Massachusetts, Missouri, Tennes-
19 see and Wisconsin celebrate April 19 as Patriot's Day each year, and in Maine
20 and New Jersey, Patriot's Day is the third Monday in April; and
21 WHEREAS, Patriot's Day is an opportunity to focus on the historic nature
22 of our revolution and the sacrifices endured over the course of a great eight-
23 year struggle leading to our independence celebrated on the Fourth of July.
24 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the members of the Second Regular Ses-
25 sion of the Fifty-eighth Idaho Legislature, the House of Representatives and
26 the Senate concurring therein, that we proclaim April 19 of every year as
27 Patriot's Day in the state of Idaho in commemoration of the opening events of
28 the American Revolutionary War and the struggle through which the nation
29 passed in its early days to be established as the great land of freedom in
30 which we live today.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 15684
The purpose of this legislation is to designate April Nineteenth of
every year as the day to commemorate the beginning of the American
Revolution and to remember the selfless sacrifices made by those
who gave their lives for our nation"s independence.
FISCAL NOTE
There is no fiscal impact.
Contact
Names: Rep. Lenore Hardy Barrett
Rep. Phil Hart
Rep. Pete Nielsen
Sen. Monty Pearce
Phone: (208) 332-1000
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE HCR 46