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1 1 HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO.
1 2 BY SHOULTZ
1 3 A Concurrent Resolution designating March 16 annually
1 4 as Liberty Day.
1 5 WHEREAS, we, as citizens of the United States of
1 6 America, enjoy liberties established in and derived
1 7 from documents that our founding fathers created,
1 8 including the Declaration of Independence and the
1 9 United States Constitution containing the Bill of
1 10 Rights; and
1 11 WHEREAS, James Madison was the author of the
1 12 Virginia Plan, which served as the model for and basis
1 13 of the forming of a new Constitution at the
1 14 Constitutional Convention of 1787, establishing our
1 15 new form of government in place of the Articles of
1 16 Confederation; and
1 17 WHEREAS, James Madison was the author of the
1 18 Federalist Papers, which were a series of newspaper
1 19 articles outlining the reasons why states should
1 20 endorse the new Constitution; and
1 21 WHEREAS, James Madison served in the United States
1 22 House of Representatives from 1789 until 1797, during
1 23 which time he introduced into Congress the Bill of
1 24 Rights; and
1 25 WHEREAS, James Madison served as President of the
1 26 United States from 1809 until 1817; and
1 27 WHEREAS, March 16, 2003, is the two hundred fifty-
1 28 second anniversary of the birth of James Madison; NOW
1 29 THEREFORE,
1 30 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THE
2 1 SENATE CONCURRING, That March 16 shall annually be
2 2 designated as Liberty Day; and
2 3 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That a copy of this
2 4 Resolution be sent to the Department of Education for
2 5 distribution throughout the elementary and secondary
2 6 public school system in this state.
2 7 LSB 2401HH 80
2 8 rn/cf/24
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