[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 140 (Tuesday, September 10, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5939-S5940]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS

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     SENATE RESOLUTION 806--RECOGNIZING MAY 22, 2024, AS THE 205TH 
 ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, AND ACKNOWLEDGING 
 THE ROLE THAT MEMPHIS HAS PLAYED IN SHAPING THE HISTORY, CULTURE, AND 
                      ECONOMY OF THE UNITED STATES

  Mrs. BLACKBURN (for herself and Mr. Hagerty) submitted the following 
resolution; which was considered and agreed to:

                              S. Res. 806

       Whereas, on May 22, 1819, the city of Memphis, Tennessee, 
     was founded by John Overton, James Winchester, and Andrew 
     Jackson atop the bluffs of the Mississippi River;
       Whereas due to its central geographic location, Memphis has 
     served as one of the transportation and logistics hubs of the 
     United

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     States, connecting much of the United States by rail and by 
     water;
       Whereas, since 1973, Memphis has served as the hub of the 
     largest cargo airline in the world, Federal Express;
       Whereas crucial events of the Civil Rights Movement and the 
     fight for equal justice for all occurred in Memphis, 
     including the 1968 strike by sanitation workers;
       Whereas the strike by sanitation workers prompted Dr. 
     Martin Luther King Jr. to travel to Memphis in April of 1968, 
     where he delivered his famous ``I've Been to the 
     Mountaintop'' speech, just 1 day before his tragic 
     assassination at the Lorraine Motel;
       Whereas, since 1962, Memphis has been home to St. Jude 
     Children's Research Hospital, which has provided treatment to 
     children with cancer or other life-threatening diseases at no 
     cost to families;
       Whereas Memphis has been called ``Home of the Blues'', with 
     W.C. Handy--known as the ``Father of the Blues''--and his 
     band playing in clubs throughout the historic Beale Street in 
     downtown Memphis;
       Whereas Sun Studio, opened in Memphis in 1950, is a 
     monument in rock and roll history, where icons like Johnny 
     Cash, Elvis Presley, and Jerry Lee Lewis recorded some of 
     their biggest hits;
       Whereas Graceland, the estate of Elvis Presley, is a music 
     landmark, attracting hundreds of thousands of visitors every 
     year; and
       Whereas the city of Memphis, in its more than 205-year 
     history, has played a pivotal role in shaping the history, 
     culture, and economy of the United States: Now, therefore, be 
     it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) recognizes the 205th anniversary of the founding of 
     Memphis, Tennessee, as May 22, 2024; and
       (2) acknowledges the pivotal role that the city of Memphis 
     has played in shaping the history, culture, and economy of 
     the United States.

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