PENNSYLVANIA, November 9 - PRINTER'S NO. 1219

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE RESOLUTION

No.

200

Session of

2023

INTRODUCED BY STEFANO, NOVEMBER 9, 2023

REFERRED TO RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS, NOVEMBER 9, 2023

A RESOLUTION

Designating the day before Thanksgiving, the Sunday after

Christmas and New Year's Day, at 6 p.m., as a time to ring

bells throughout this Commonwealth for five minutes as a sign

of thanks, praise and unity.

WHEREAS, Bells have carried a message for hundreds of years,

whether as a warning of disaster, in sorrow and tragedy or as an

act of celebratory ringing; and

WHEREAS, Bells ring to gather people together both physically

and emotionally; and

WHEREAS, Ringing bells may lighten the hearts and give hope

to Pennsylvanians in all walks of life; and

WHEREAS, A choir of bells ringing in unison may bring people

together in a common attempt to overcome adversity; therefore be

it

RESOLVED, That the Senate designate the day before

Thanksgiving, the Sunday after Christmas and New Year's Day, at

6 p.m., as a time to ring bells throughout this Commonwealth for

five minutes as a sign of thanks, praise and unity.

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