[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[H. Con. Res. 117 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 117


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 9, 2007

        Received and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
  Commemorating the 400th Anniversary of the settlement of Jamestown.

Whereas the founding of the colony at Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607, the first 
        permanent English colony in America, and the capital of Virginia for 92 
        years, has major significance in the history of the United States;
Whereas the Jamestown Settlement owed its survival in large measure to the 
        compassion and aid of the Native people in its vicinity;
Whereas Native Virginia people substantially aided the Jamestown colonists with 
        food and supplies at times that were crucial to their survival;
Whereas the Native people served as guides to geography and natural resources, 
        crucial assistance in the Virginia colonists' exploration of the 
        Chesapeake Region;
Whereas the Jamestown Settlement brought people from throughout the Atlantic 
        Basin together to form a society that drew upon the strengths and 
        characteristics of English, European, African, and Native American 
        cultures;
Whereas the economic, political, religious, and social institutions that 
        developed during the first 9 decades of the existence of Jamestown 
        continue to have profound effects on the United States, particularly in 
        English common law and language, cross cultural relationships, 
        manufacturing, and economic structure and status;
Whereas the National Park Service, the Association for the Preservation of 
        Virginia Antiquities, and the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation of the 
        Commonwealth of Virginia collectively own and operate significant 
        resources related to the early history of Jamestown;
Whereas, in 2000, Congress established the Jamestown 400th Commemoration 
        Commission to ensure a suitable national observance of the Jamestown 
        2007 anniversary, and Congress commends the Commission's hard work and 
        dedication;
Whereas Congress reminds all Americans of the importance of their country's 
        history and founding at Jamestown; and
Whereas the 2007 observance of the founding of Jamestown commemorates the 400th 
        anniversary of the first permanent English colony in America: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring),  
That Congress commemorates the 400th Anniversary of the founding of the 
colony Jamestown in 1607 and urges all Americans to honor this seminal 
event in our Nation's history.

            Passed the House of Representatives May 8, 2007.

            Attest:

                                            LORRAINE C. MILLER,

                                                                 Clerk.