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[S.J. Res. 13 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.J.Res.13

                      One Hundred Seventh Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

         Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
          the twenty-third day of January, two thousand and two


                            Joint Resolution


 
  Conferring honorary citizenship of the United States posthumously on 
     Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roche Gilbert du Motier, the Marquis de 
                               Lafayette.

Whereas the United States has conferred honorary citizenship on four 
  other occasions in more than 200 years of its independence, and 
  honorary citizenship is and should remain an extraordinary honor not 
  lightly conferred nor frequently granted;
Whereas Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roche Gilbert du Motier, the Marquis de 
  Lafayette or General Lafayette, voluntarily put forth his own money 
  and risked his life for the freedom of Americans;
Whereas the Marquis de Lafayette, by an Act of Congress, was voted to 
  the rank of Major General;
Whereas, during the Revolutionary War, General Lafayette was wounded at 
  the Battle of Brandywine, demonstrating bravery that forever endeared 
  him to the American soldiers;
Whereas the Marquis de Lafayette secured the help of France to aid the 
  United States' colonists against Great Britain;
Whereas the Marquis de Lafayette was conferred the honor of honorary 
  citizenship by the Commonwealth of Virginia and the State of 
  Maryland;
Whereas the Marquis de Lafayette was the first foreign dignitary to 
  address Congress, an honor which was accorded to him upon his return 
  to the United States in 1824;
Whereas, upon his death, both the House of Representatives and the 
  Senate draped their chambers in black as a demonstration of respect 
  and gratitude for his contribution to the independence of the United 
  States;
Whereas an American flag has flown over his grave in France since his 
  death and has not been removed, even while France was occupied by 
  Nazi Germany during World War II; and
Whereas the Marquis de Lafayette gave aid to the United States in her 
  time of need and is forever a symbol of freedom: Now, therefore, be 
  it
    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That Marie Joseph Paul Yves 
Roche Gilbert du Motier, the Marquis de Lafayette, is proclaimed 
posthumously to be an honorary citizen of the United States of America.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.