[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[H. Con. Res. 209 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

  2d Session
H. CON. RES. 209


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 13, 2008

                                Received

                             April 29, 2008

       Referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
   Expressing the sense of Congress that the Museum of the American 
 Quilter's Society, located in Paducah, Kentucky, should be designated 
         as the ``National Quilt Museum of the United States''.

Whereas the Museum of the American Quilter's Society is the largest quilt museum 
        in the world, with a total of 13,400 square feet of exhibition space and 
        more than 150 quilts exhibited year-round in its 3 galleries;
Whereas the mission of the Museum is to educate the local, national, and 
        international public about the art, history, and heritage of 
        quiltmaking;
Whereas quilts in the Museum's permanent collection are made by quilters from 44 
        of the 50 States and many foreign countries;
Whereas the Museum, centrally located in Paducah, Kentucky, and open to the 
        public year-round, averages 40,000 visitors per year;
Whereas individuals from all 50 States and from more than 25 foreign countries 
        have visited the Museum;
Whereas the Museum's Friends, an organization dedicated to supporting and 
        sustaining the Museum, also has members in all 50 States, with 84 
        percent of members living more than 60 miles from the Museum;
Whereas many members of the Museum's Friends have supported the Museum annually 
        since the Museum began in 1991;
Whereas quilts exhibited in the Museum are representative of the Nation and its 
        cultures thanks to the wide diversity of themes and topics, quilts, and 
        quiltmakers; and
Whereas the Museum of the American Quilter's Society has national significance 
        and support: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of Congress that the Museum of the American 
Quilter's Society, located at 215 Jefferson Street, Paducah, Kentucky, 
should be designated as the ``National Quilt Museum of the United 
States''.

            Passed the House of Representatives February 12, 2008.

            Attest:

                                            LORRAINE C. MILLER,

                                                                 Clerk.