House
Resolution
33
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Introduced
HOUSE
RESOLUTION
NO.
33
BY
HEARTSILL
A
Resolution
recognizing
Knoxville
as
the
birthplace
of
1
the
Iowa
State
Flag.
2
WHEREAS,
March
29,
2013,
marks
the
92nd
Anniversary
3
of
the
adoption
of
the
Iowa
State
Flag
by
the
39th
Iowa
4
General
Assembly;
and
5
WHEREAS,
Knoxville
is
known
as
the
birthplace
of
the
6
Iowa
State
Flag;
and
7
WHEREAS,
Knoxville
resident
Dixie
Cornell
Gebhardt,
8
along
with
other
members
of
the
Mary
Marion
Chapter
of
9
the
Daughters
of
the
Revolution
of
Knoxville,
designed
10
the
Iowa
flag
in
1917;
and
11
WHEREAS,
the
Honorable
Terry
Branstad,
Governor
of
12
the
State
of
Iowa
will
proclaim
March
29,
2013,
as
Iowa
13
State
Flag
Day;
and
14
WHEREAS,
the
blue
stripe
of
the
banner
stands
for
15
loyalty,
justice,
and
truth,
the
broad
white
stripe
for
16
purity,
and
the
red
stripe
for
courage;
and
17
WHEREAS,
the
eagle
carries
blue
streamers
inscribed
18
with
the
state
motto,
“Our
Liberties
We
Prize
and
Our
19
Rights
We
Will
Maintain”;
NOW
THEREFORE,
20
BE
IT
RESOLVED
BY
THE
HOUSE
OF
REPRESENTATIVES,
That
21
the
House
of
Representatives
recognizes
Knoxville
as
22
the
birthplace
of
the
Iowa
State
Flag
and
recognizes
23
March
29,
2013,
as
Iowa
State
Flag
Day.
24
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