[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 62 (Tuesday, April 29, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Page S5497]
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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 39--SUPPORTING THE GOALS AND IDEALS OF ST. 
   TAMMANY DAY ON MAY 1, 2003, AS A NATIONAL DAY OF RECOGNITION FOR 
                 TAMANEND AND THE VALUES HE REPRESENTED

  Mr. BREAUX (for himself and Ms. Landrieu) submitted the following 
concurrent resolution; which was considered and agreed to:

                            S. Con. Res. 39

       Whereas in 1810, President James Madison declared the 
     Territory of West Florida to be a part of the Louisiana 
     Purchase, and in 1811, William C. C. Claiborne, the first 
     American territorial Governor of Louisiana, named the area 
     north of Lake Pontchartrain as ``St. Tammany Parish'' in 
     honor of the saintly Amerindian Tamanend, who was a sachem of 
     the Lenni Lenape;
       Whereas Tamanend is admired and respected for his virtues 
     of honesty, integrity, honor, fairness, justice, and equality 
     for the common person;
       Whereas in colonial times, May 1st was celebrated in honor 
     of Tamanend and the common person; and
       Whereas the St. Tammany Parish Council of St. Tammany 
     Parish, Louisiana, has passed a resolution designating May 1, 
     2003, as St. Tammany Day, and urging the reinstatement of May 
     1st as a national day of recognition for Tamanend and the 
     values he represented: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives 
     concurring), That Congress supports the goals and ideals of 
     St. Tammany Day as a national day of recognition for Tamanend 
     and the values he represented.

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