[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 257 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 257

To express the sense of the Senate regarding the appropriate portrayal 
 of men and women of the Armed Forces in the upcoming National Air and 
                Space Museum's exhibit on the Enola Gay.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

           September 19 (legislative day, September 12), 1994

 Mrs. Kassebaum submitted the following resolution; which was referred 
        to the Committee on Rules and Administration

           September 23 (legislative day, September 12), 1994

             Committee discharged; considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
To express the sense of the Senate regarding the appropriate portrayal 
 of men and women of the Armed Forces in the upcoming National Air and 
                Space Museum's exhibit on the Enola Gay.

Whereas the role of the Enola Gay during World War II was momentous in helping 
        to bring World War II to a merciful end, which resulted in saving the 
        lives of Americans and Japanese;
Whereas the current script for the National Air and Space Museum's exhibit on 
        the Enola Gay is revisionist and offensive to many World War II 
        veterans;
Whereas the Federal law states that ``the Smithsonian Institute shall 
        commemorate and display the contributions made by the military forces of 
        the Nation toward creating, developing, and maintaining a free, 
        peaceful, and independent society and culture in the United States'';
Whereas the Federal law also states that ``the valor and sacrificial service of 
        the men and women of the Armed Forces shall be portrayed as an 
        inspiration to the present and future generations of America''; and
Whereas, in memorializing the role of the United States in armed conflict, the 
        National Air and Space Museum has an obligation under the Federal law to 
        portray history in the proper context of the times: Now, therefore, be 
        it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that any exhibit 
displayed by the National Air and Space Museum with respect to the 
Enola Gay should reflect appropriate sensitivity toward the men and 
women who faithfully and selflessly served the United States during 
World War II and should avoid impugning the memory of those who gave 
their lives for freedom.
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