I will reintroduce legislation (previous HB 1913) to ensure that our Commonwealth properly honors a trio of days uniquely connected to Pennsylvania history and that unite us by celebrating the virtues of what it means to be an American.
 
The bill would designate the following as state holidays without observation or paid time off:
 

• June 14 as Flag Day, commemorating the day in 1777 when the Second Continental Congress, located in Philadelphia, adopted the U.S. flag by resolution.

 

• September 17 as Constitution Day, marking the 1787 signing at Independence Hall in Philadelphia of the Constitution of the United States, the most important of our nation’s founding documents.

 

• March 4 as Charter Day, when our state’s founder William Penn received the Charter Contract of Pennsylvania from Britain’s King Charles II in 1681. Charter Day allows all Pennsylvanians, and people the world over, to reflect on Penn’s “Holy Experiment” in government, one operating on principles of justice, liberty, freedom, tolerance, and respect for all.

 
I hope you join me in supporting this measure.