[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 67 (Wednesday, April 25, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Page S5112]
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   SENATE RESOLUTION 172--COMMEMORATING THE 400TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 
                        SETTLEMENT OF JAMESTOWN

  Mr. WARNER (for himself and Mr. Webb) submitted the following 
resolution; which was considered and agreed to:

                              S. Res. 172

       Whereas the founding of the colony at Jamestown, Virginia, 
     in 1607, the first permanent English colony in America, and 
     the capital of Virginia for 92 years, has major significance 
     in the history of the United States;
       Whereas the Jamestown Settlement owed its survival in large 
     measure to the compassion and aid of the Native people in its 
     vicinity;
       Whereas Native Virginia people substantially aided the 
     Jamestown colonists with food and supplies at times that were 
     crucial to their survival;
       Whereas the Native people served as guides to geography and 
     natural resources, crucial assistance in the Virginia 
     colonists' exploration of the Chesapeake Region;
       Whereas the Jamestown Settlement brought people from 
     throughout the Atlantic Basin together to form a society that 
     drew upon the strengths and characteristics of English, 
     European, African, and Native American cultures;
       Whereas the economic, political, religious, and social 
     institutions that developed during the first 9 decades of the 
     existence of Jamestown continue to have profound effects on 
     the United States, particularly in English common law and 
     language, cross cultural relationships, manufacturing, and 
     economic structure and status;
       Whereas the National Park Service, the Association for the 
     Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, and the Jamestown-
     Yorktown Foundation of the Commonwealth of Virginia 
     collectively own and operate significant resources related to 
     the early history of Jamestown;
       Whereas, in 2000, Congress established the Jamestown 400th 
     Commemoration Commission to ensure a suitable national 
     observance of the Jamestown 2007 anniversary, and Congress 
     commends the Commission's hard work and dedication;
       Whereas Congress reminds all Americans of the importance of 
     their country's history and founding at Jamestown; and
       Whereas the 2007 observance of the founding of Jamestown 
     commemorates the 400th anniversary of the first permanent 
     English colony in America: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate commemorates the 400th 
     Anniversary of the founding of the colony Jamestown in 1607 
     and urges all Americans to honor this seminal event in our 
     Nation's history.

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