House Resolution 121 - Introduced HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 121 BY HEARTSILL A Resolution recognizing Knoxville as the birthplace 1 of the Iowa State Flag and recognizing the week of 2 March 23 through March 29, 2014, as Dixie Cornell 3 Gebhardt Week. 4 WHEREAS, March 29, 2014, marks the 93rd Anniversary 5 of the adoption of the Iowa State Flag by the 39th Iowa 6 General Assembly; and 7 WHEREAS, Knoxville is known as the birthplace of the 8 Iowa State Flag; and 9 WHEREAS, Dixie Cornell Gebhardt, the daughter of a 10 Civil War veteran, was born on November 18, 1866, in 11 Knoxville, lived most of her life in Iowa, and died in 12 Knoxville on October 16, 1955; and 13 WHEREAS, Dixie Gebhardt, along with other members 14 of the Mary Marion Chapter of the Daughters of the 15 Revolution of Knoxville, designed the Iowa flag in 16 1917; and 17 WHEREAS, the Honorable Terry Branstad, Governor of 18 the State of Iowa, has proclaimed March 29, 2014, as 19 Iowa State Flag Day; and 20 WHEREAS, the blue stripe of the banner stands for 21 loyalty, justice, and truth, the broad white stripe for 22 purity, and the red stripe for courage; and 23 WHEREAS, the eagle carries blue streamers inscribed 24 with the state motto, “Our Liberties We Prize and Our 25 Rights We Will Maintain”, thus combining our national 26 symbol with our state motto; NOW THEREFORE, 27 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, That 28 -1- LSB 5547HH (4) 85 jr/nh 1/ 2