[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 611 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 611

    Congratulating the Cumberland Valley Athletic Club on the 48th 
     anniversary of the running of the JFK 50-Mile Ultra-Marathon.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             August 5, 2010

 Mr. Cardin (for himself, Ms. Mikulski, and Mr. Baucus) submitted the 
   following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the 
                               Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION


 
    Congratulating the Cumberland Valley Athletic Club on the 48th 
     anniversary of the running of the JFK 50-Mile Ultra-Marathon.

Whereas President John F. Kennedy set as a national goal the improvement of the 
        health of the members of the United States Armed Forces;
Whereas President Kennedy, in 1963, issued an Executive order challenging United 
        States Marine officers to finish a 50-mile race in 20 hours, matching a 
        similar challenge issued in 1908 by President Theodore Roosevelt;
Whereas, since that Executive order, thousands of Americans, not just servicemen 
        and women, have taken up the challenge of the JFK 50-Mile Ultra-
        Marathon;
Whereas, since the inception of the JFK 50-Mile Ultra-Marathon, all members of 
        the Armed Services have been invited to meet the challenge set by 
        Presidents Kennedy and Roosevelt over an historic race course;
Whereas between 30 and 40 percent of participants in the JFK 50-Mile Ultra-
        Marathon each year are active duty military or veterans;
Whereas each of the branches of the United States Armed Forces fields at least 1 
        team each year in the JFK 50-Mile Ultra-Marathon, and the Navy typically 
        fields several teams;
Whereas much of the course of the JFK 50-Mile Ultra-Marathon is located on 
        Federal land, including the historic C&O Canal, the Appalachian Trail, 
        and Antietam Battlefield;
Whereas the JFK 50-Mile Ultra-Marathon includes the War Correspondents Memorial 
        Arch, a national monument located in Gathland State Park in the State of 
        Maryland; and
Whereas following the assassination of President Kennedy, the first JFK 50-Mile 
        Ultra-Marathon was organized as a way to honor President Kennedy, and 
        has been held annually, rain or shine, ever since: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) commends and congratulates the past, present, and 
        future participants and organizers of the JFK 50-Mile Ultra-
        Marathon; and
            (2) requests the Secretary of the Senate to transmit an 
        enrolled copy of this resolution to the Cumberland Valley 
        Athletic Club as an expression of the best wishes of the Senate 
        for a glorious year of celebration.
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