HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 2024-4671, by Representatives Jinkins, Stokesbary,
Abbarno, Alvarado, Barkis, Barnard, Bateman, Berg, Bergquist, Berry, Bronoske,
Caldier, Callan, Chambers, Chandler, Chapman, Cheney, Chopp, Christian, Connors,
Corry, Cortes, Couture, Davis, Dent, Doglio, Donaghy, Duerr, Dye, Entenman, Eslick,
Farivar, Fey, Fitzgibbon, Fosse, Goehner, Goodman, Graham, Gregerson, Griffey,
Hackney, Harris, Hutchins, Jacobsen, Klicker, Kloba, Kretz, Leavitt, Lekanoff, Low,
Macri, Maycumber, McClintock, McEntire, Mena, Morgan, Mosbrucker, Nance, Orcutt,
Ormsby, Ortiz-Self, Orwall, Paul, Peterson, Pollet, Ramel, Ramos, Reed, Reeves,
Riccelli, Robertson, Rude, Rule, Ryu, Sandlin, Santos, Schmick, Schmidt, Senn,
Shavers, Simmons, Slatter, Springer, Stearns, Steele, Stonier, Street, Taylor,
Thai, Tharinger, Timmons, Volz, Walen, Walsh, Waters, Wilcox, Wylie, and Ybarra
1 WHEREAS, This day, February 19, 2024, the third Monday of
2 February, we join states across the Union in celebrating Presidents'
3 Day; and
4 WHEREAS, Presidents' Day was created in honor of two of our
5 nation's greatest presidents' birthdays, George Washington and
6 Abraham Lincoln; and
7 WHEREAS, George Washington, the namesake of our state, born
8 February 22, 1732, led the Continental Army through the Revolutionary
9 War, was one of the leaders of the Founding Fathers, and became the
10 first president of our great nation in the only unanimous
11 presidential election in our history; and
12 WHEREAS, Abraham Lincoln, born February 12, 1809, invented the
13 first device to help ships cross sand bars, led the country through
14 the turbulent times of the Civil War, wrote and delivered the
15 historic Gettysburg Address, and was the architect of the
16 Emancipation Proclamation; and
17 WHEREAS, Today we look back on all Presidents in their efforts to
18 overcome the obstacles they faced, thereby protecting the freedoms
19 ensured to us in the Constitution, lifting the nation up, and leading
20 us towards a more perfect Union; and
21 WHEREAS, The House of Representatives acknowledge Congress'
22 passage of the Uniform Monday Holiday Act of 1968, which recognizes
23 the third Monday in February as Presidents' Day, a day to remember
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 1 all those who have served as president and the effect those leaders
2 had on us as a nation;
3 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That on this 19th day of February
4 2024, the House of Representatives honor the first and sixteenth
5 presidents for leaving a legacy of renowned leadership in turbulent
6 times and their immeasurable contributions to the furtherment of
7 liberty, equality, and justice in this country.
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9 I hereby certify this to be a true and correct copy of
10 Resolution 4671 adopted by the House of Representatives
11 February 19, 2024
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17 Bernard Dean, Chief Clerk
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