[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 123 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 123

Supporting the goals and ideals of St. Tammany Day on May 1, 2003, as a 
national day of recognition for Tamanend and the values he represented.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 26, 2003

  Mr. Vitter submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
             referred to the Committee on Government Reform

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
Supporting the goals and ideals of St. Tammany Day on May 1, 2003, as a 
national day of recognition for Tamanend and the values he represented.

Whereas in 1810, President James Madison declared the Territory of West Florida 
        to be a part of the Louisiana Purchase, and in 1811, William C. C. 
        Claiborne, the first American territorial Governor of Louisiana, named 
        the area north of Lake Pontchartrain as ``St. Tammany Parish'' in honor 
        of the saintly Amerindian Tamanend, who was a sachem of the Lenni 
        Lenape;
Whereas Tamanend is admired and respected for his virtues of honesty, integrity, 
        honor, fairness, justice, and equality for the common person;
Whereas, in colonial times, May 1st was celebrated in honor of Tamanend and the 
        common person; and
Whereas the St. Tammany Parish Council of St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, has 
        passed a resolution designating May 1, 2003, as St. Tammany Day, and 
        urging the reinstatement of May 1st as a national day of recognition for 
        Tamanend and the values he represented: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That Congress supports the goals and ideals of St. Tammany Day as a 
national day of recognition for Tamanend and the values he represented.
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