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| 7 | 7 | | LLS NO. R22-0826.01 Asia Merrill x4829 |
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| 8 | 8 | | HJR22-1009 |
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| 9 | 9 | | House Committees Senate Committees |
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| 10 | 10 | | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 22-1009 |
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| 11 | 11 | | C |
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| 12 | 12 | | ONCERNING HONORING COLORADO VETE RANS ON THE101 |
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| 13 | 13 | | SEVENTY-SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE END OF WORLD WAR102 |
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| 14 | 14 | | II.103 |
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| 15 | 15 | | WHEREAS, During the years 1941 to 1945, some 250,000 of1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | Colorado's sons and daughters served in World War II, and of those, over2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | 3,500 were killed in action or from wounds suffered on the battlefield;3 |
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| 18 | 18 | | and4 |
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| 19 | 19 | | WHEREAS, Of the 3,586 Coloradans who gave the last full5 |
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| 20 | 20 | | measure of devotion, offering their lives so that others might live freely,6 |
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| 21 | 21 | | over half never came home, their remains unrecovered or buried in7 |
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| 22 | 22 | | American military cemeteries around the world; and8 |
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| 23 | 23 | | WHEREAS, The State of Colorado has a rich history of service in9 |
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| 27 | 24 | | HOUSE |
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| 28 | 25 | | Final Reading |
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| 29 | 26 | | February 4, 2022 |
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| 30 | 27 | | HOUSE SPONSORSHIP |
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| 31 | 28 | | Weissman and Hanks, Amabile, Bacon, Benavidez, Bernett, Bird, Bockenfeld, |
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| 32 | 29 | | Boesenecker, Bradfield, Caraveo, Carver, Catlin, Cutter, Daugherty, Esgar, Exum, Froelich, |
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| 33 | 30 | | Garnett, Geitner, Gonzales-Gutierrez, Gray, Herod, Holtorf, Hooton, Jodeh, Kennedy, Kipp, |
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| 34 | 31 | | Larson, Lindsay, Lontine, Luck, Lynch, McCluskie, McCormick, McKean, McLachlan, |
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| 35 | 32 | | Michaelson Jenet, Mullica, Neville, Ortiz, Pelton, Pico, Ransom, Rich, Ricks, Roberts, |
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| 36 | 33 | | Sandridge, Sirota, Snyder, Soper, Sullivan, Tipper, Titone, Valdez A., Valdez D., Van Beber, |
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| 37 | 34 | | Van Winkle, Will, Williams, Woodrow, Woog, Young |
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| 38 | 35 | | SENATE SPONSORSHIP |
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| 39 | | - | Donovan and Liston, Bridges, Buckner, Coleman, Cooke, Coram, Fenberg, Fields, Garcia, |
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| 40 | | - | Gardner, Ginal, Gonzales, Hansen, Hisey, Holbert, Jaquez Lewis, Kirkmeyer, Kolker, Lee, |
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| 41 | | - | Lundeen, Moreno, Pettersen, Priola, Rankin, Rodriguez, Scott, Simpson, Smallwood, |
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| 42 | | - | Sonnenberg, Winter, Woodward, Zenzinger |
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| 36 | + | Donovan and Liston, |
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| 43 | 37 | | Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment. |
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| 44 | 38 | | Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing statute. |
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| 45 | 39 | | Dashes through the words indicate deletions from existing statute. World War II as home of the famed 10th Mountain Division, which1 |
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| 46 | 40 | | trained in the Colorado Rockies at Camp Hale on Tennessee Pass, and the2 |
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| 47 | 41 | | Colorado National Guard's 157th Infantry Regiment, which spent 5113 |
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| 48 | 42 | | days in continuous combat during World War II, including four4 |
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| 49 | 43 | | amphibious landings. Under the command of Captain Felix Sparks, the5 |
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| 50 | 44 | | 157th Infantry Regiment liberated the Dachau concentration camp.6 |
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| 51 | 45 | | Members of both units from Colorado are honored on the Colorado7 |
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| 52 | 46 | | Freedom Memorial in Aurora; and8 |
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| 53 | 47 | | WHEREAS, The Colorado Freedom Memorial, dedicated in 2013,9 |
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| 54 | 48 | | honors all Colorado veterans killed in action since the Spanish-American10 |
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| 55 | 49 | | War, and all 3,586 of those killed in World War II are included, making11 |
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| 56 | 50 | | the Colorado Freedom Memorial the only memorial in Colorado to honor12 |
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| 57 | 51 | | all of our fallen, by name, in one place; and13 |
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| 58 | 52 | | WHEREAS, The Colorado Freedom Memorial pays tribute to the14 |
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| 59 | 53 | | men and women of Colorado who served in World War II, those who15 |
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| 60 | 54 | | gave all, and those who returned home to build Colorado into the16 |
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| 61 | 55 | | beautiful state it is today; now, therefore,17 |
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| 62 | 56 | | Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Seventy-third18 |
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| 63 | 57 | | General Assembly of the State of Colorado, the Senate concurring herein:19 |
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| 64 | 58 | | That we, the General Assembly, in recognition of the heroic efforts20 |
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| 65 | 59 | | and great sacrifice of World War II veterans from Colorado and across21 |
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| 66 | 60 | | the United States, hereby recognize this commemoration of the 77th22 |
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| 67 | 61 | | anniversary of the end of World War II and encourage support throughout23 |
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| 68 | 62 | | the House of Representatives and the Senate.24 |
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| 69 | 63 | | 1009 |
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| 70 | 64 | | -2- |
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