[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 500 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. CON. RES. 500

   Recognizing the 150th anniversary of President Wilson's birth and 
  commending the Woodrow Wilson House, the Boyhood Home of President 
 Woodrow Wilson, the Woodrow Wilson Family Home, Princeton University, 
  and the Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library for leading a national 
            tribute honoring the legacy of President Wilson.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 6, 2006

   Mr. Holt (for himself and Mr. Goodlatte) submitted the following 
     concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
                           Government Reform

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION



   Recognizing the 150th anniversary of President Wilson's birth and 
  commending the Woodrow Wilson House, the Boyhood Home of President 
 Woodrow Wilson, the Woodrow Wilson Family Home, Princeton University, 
  and the Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library for leading a national 
            tribute honoring the legacy of President Wilson.

Whereas Woodrow Wilson, the 28th President of the United States, was born 150 
        years ago and December 28, 2006, marks the anniversary of his birth;
Whereas President Wilson was elected Governor of New Jersey and worked with both 
        parties to reform his State's political system;
Whereas President Wilson, while serving as a professor and later as its 
        president, helped turn his beloved alma mater Princeton into a world-
        class university;
Whereas President Wilson was one of the Nation's most highly educated 
        Presidents, despite an early learning disability;
Whereas President Wilson developed a program of progressive reform and played a 
        unique role in the creation of the Federal Reserve System;
Whereas President Wilson exhibited statesmanship and asserted international 
        leadership in building a new world order;
Whereas President Wilson proclaimed in 1917 that American's entrance into World 
        War I was a crusade to make the world ``safe for democracy'';
Whereas President Wilson drafted his Fourteen Points, which were the foundation 
        of the League of Nations;
Whereas the foundation of the League of Nations was an accomplishment which 
        earned President Wilson the Nobel Peace Prize;
Whereas President Wilson's legacy continues as a world view of nations 
        cooperating and working toward peace and mutual understanding; and
Whereas the Woodrow Wilson House in the District of Columbia; the Boyhood Home 
        of President Woodrow Wilson, in Augusta, Georgia; the Woodrow Wilson 
        Family Home, in Columbia, South Carolina; the Woodrow Wilson School for 
        Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, Princeton, New 
        Jersey; and the Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library, in Staunton, 
        Virginia, are all dedicated to preserving the legacy of President Wilson 
        and promoting greater awareness of President Wilson's public life and 
        ideals for future generations: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That the Congress--
            (1) marks this significant anniversary of the birth of 
        Woodrow Wilson, President, world statesman, educator, and 
        peacemaker, for the acknowledgement of the people of the United 
        States; and
            (2) commends the Woodrow Wilson House in the District of 
        Columbia and the National Trust for Historic Preservation; the 
        Boyhood Home of President Woodrow Wilson, in Augusta, Georgia; 
        the Woodrow Wilson Family Home, in Columbia, South Carolina; 
        the Woodrow Wilson School for Public and International Affairs 
        at Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey; and the Woodrow 
        Wilson Presidential Library, in Staunton, Virginia for their 
        leadership efforts in WILSON 150, a national tribute to the 
        legacy of President Wilson.
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