PENNSYLVANIA, June 11 - PRINTER'S NO. 887

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE RESOLUTION

No.

133

Session of

2021

INTRODUCED BY MASTRIANO, FONTANA, ARGALL, GORDNER, J. WARD,

STREET, MARTIN, BARTOLOTTA AND PITTMAN, JUNE 11, 2021

REFERRED TO RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS, JUNE 11, 2021

A RESOLUTION

Recognizing June 14, 2021, as "National Flag Day" in

Pennsylvania.

WHEREAS, The flag consisting of "thirteen stripes, alternate

red and white; that the Union be thirteen stars, white in a blue

field, representing a new Constellation" was adopted by

resolution of the Second Continental Congress on June 14, 1777;

and

WHEREAS, On June 14, 1937, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

became the first state of the Union to celebrate Flag Day as an

official state holiday; and

WHEREAS, The flag we fondly know today as the "Stars and

Stripes" continues to unify our Nation's fifty states as one

Great Republic; therefore be it

RESOLVED, That the Senate recognize June 14, 2021, as

"National Flag Day" in Pennsylvania; and be it further

RESOLVED, That the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania shall

continue to recognize "Flag Day" and honor the flag of the

United States of America, a symbol of hope and freedom; and be

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