[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 736 Engrossed in House (EH)]

H. Res. 736

                In the House of Representatives, U. S.,

                                                      November 3, 2009.
Whereas, on November 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln dedicated the Soldiers' National 
        Cemetery on the battlefield at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, with the 
        Gettysburg Address, which harkened back to the promises of the 
        Declaration of Independence in the first sentence, ``Four score and 
        seven years ago, our fathers brought forth, on this continent, a new 
        nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all 
        men are created equal'', and which called upon people of the United 
        States to dedicate themselves to the principles of democracy so that 
        government ``of the people, by the people, for the people shall not 
        perish from the earth'';
Whereas Congress adopted a joint resolution on August 7, 1946, declaring the 
        Gettysburg Address to be ``the outstanding classic of the ages'', 
        designating November 19 as ``Dedication Day'' in honor of the Gettysburg 
        Address, and suggesting that the Gettysburg Address ``be read on that 
        day in public assemblages throughout the United States and its 
        possessions, on our ships at sea, and wherever the American flag 
        flies''; and
Whereas 2009 is the 200th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln and 
        bicentennial tributes to his birth are expected throughout the United 
        States: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) honors President Lincoln's greatest speech, the Gettysburg 
        Address; and
            (2) encourages people in the United States to read the Gettysburg 
        Address on ``Dedication Day'' in public places across the Nation.
            Attest:

                                                                          Clerk.