[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1091 Engrossed in House (EH)]


                In the House of Representatives, U. S.,

                                                           May 7, 2008.
Whereas the United States of America has lost a great patriot with the passing 
        of Charlton Heston;
Whereas Charlton Heston first became beloved by the Nation as a great actor and 
        portrayed many heroic figures, including Moses, Michelangelo, Andrew 
        Jackson, John the Baptist, Mark Antony, and El Cid in epic movies of the 
        1950s and 1960s, and won the 1959 Best Actor Oscar for the lead 
        character in ``Ben-Hur'';
Whereas Charlton Heston was a leader in many areas of life outside of acting, 
        including serving as President of the Screen Actors Guild, which he 
        helped to integrate with Ronald Reagan and was Chairman of the American 
        Film Institute;
Whereas Charlton Heston was an active supporter of the civil rights movement, 
        including protesting the showing of his film at a segregated movie 
        theater in Oklahoma City and participating in and leading the Arts Group 
        in the 1963 civil rights march on Washington;
Whereas in the last major public role of his life, Charlton Heston was President 
        of the National Rifle Association from June 1998 until April 2003;
Whereas as President of the National Rifle Association, Charlton Heston was a 
        stalwart advocate of the position that the 2nd Amendment gave citizens 
        the right to keep and bear arms;
Whereas Charlton Heston was an active promoter of wildlife management through 
        hunting;
Whereas, in 2003, Charlton Heston was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, 
        the Nation's highest civilian honor;
Whereas Charlton Heston was born in Illinois on October 4, 1923, and his parents 
        moved to St. Helen, Michigan, where he grew up;
Whereas, in 1943, Charlton Heston enlisted in the Army Air Force and served as a 
        radio-gunner in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska, and in 1947, he was 
        discharged from the Army;
Whereas, in 1944, Charlton Heston married the love of his life, Lydia Clarke, to 
        whom he had been married 64 years at his death;
Whereas the Hestons were the parents of two children, Fraser Heston and Holly 
        Heston Rochell; and
Whereas Charlton Heston passed away on April 5, 2008, and the contributions he 
        made to his family and his Nation will not be forgotten: Now, therefore, 
        be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) honors the life, achievements, and contributions of Charlton 
        Heston; and
            (2) extends its deepest sympathies to the family of Charlton Heston 
        for the loss of such a great generous man, husband, and father.
            Attest:

                                                                          Clerk.