[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 227 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 227

Expressing the sense of the Congress that special recognition should be 
given to the observance of Veterans Day on November 11, 1999, the last 
Veterans Day of the 20th century, as an opportunity to promote greater 
  appreciation, especially among children, of the sacrifices made by 
                          America's veterans.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 10, 1999

 Mr. Sweeney submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
             referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the sense of the Congress that special recognition should be 
given to the observance of Veterans Day on November 11, 1999, the last 
Veterans Day of the 20th century, as an opportunity to promote greater 
  appreciation, especially among children, of the sacrifices made by 
                          America's veterans.

Whereas Veterans Day, formerly known as Armistice Day, was first proclaimed by 
        President Woodrow Wilson in 1919 to commemorate the November 11, 1918, 
        armistice between the Allies and Central Powers that ended the fighting 
        of World War I;
Whereas each year, at 11:00 a.m. on November 11th, the Nation pays tribute to 
        its war dead with a combined color guard representing all military 
        services that executes ``Present Arms'' at the Tomb of the Unknowns in 
        Arlington National Cemetery;
Whereas more than 700,000 brave Americans have sacrificed their lives while 
        serving in the Nation's Armed Forces so that the Nation's children may 
        continue to live in a country founded on the principles of freedom, 
        justice, and democracy;
Whereas there are more than 25,000,000 United States veterans living today;
Whereas November 11, 1999, will be the last Veterans Day of the 20th century;
Whereas as America enters a new millennium, it is important to preserve the 
        memory of the Nation's veterans and to teach the next generations of the 
        sacrifice of those veterans in securing and preserving the freedom that 
        all Americans enjoy today;
Whereas children throughout the Nation would benefit from an education that 
        places greater emphasis on the role of members of the Armed Forces in 
        shaping the history of the United States; and
Whereas such an education would foster a patriotic appreciation of the 
        sacrifices made by America's veterans in defending freedom and 
        democracy: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of the Congress that--
            (1) there will be one final time this century on which the 
        Nation will give special recognition to the contributions of 
        its veterans in defending freedom and democracy;
            (2) the Nation should use that occasion, and other 
        appropriate occasions, to make a greater effort to educate 
        children on the contributions of veterans in defending the 
        freedoms the Nation enjoys so that the memory of those 
        contributions will be preserved into the 21st century; and
            (3) it is the hope of the Congress that the new millennium 
        will bring with it a diminished need to sacrifice the lives of 
        young Americans in the cause of securing and preserving 
        freedom.
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