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| 1 | 1 | General Assembly Senate Joint Resolution No. 29 | |
| 2 | 2 | February Session, 2016 LCO No. 1465 | |
| 3 | 3 | *01465_______VA_* | |
| 4 | 4 | Referred to Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS | |
| 5 | 5 | Introduced by: | |
| 6 | 6 | (VA) | |
| 7 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 8 | General Assembly | |
| 9 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 10 | Senate Joint | |
| 11 | 11 | ||
| 12 | 12 | Resolution No. 29 | |
| 13 | 13 | ||
| 14 | 14 | February Session, 2016 | |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| 16 | 16 | LCO No. 1465 | |
| 17 | 17 | ||
| 18 | 18 | *01465_______VA_* | |
| 19 | 19 | ||
| 20 | 20 | Referred to Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS | |
| 21 | 21 | ||
| 22 | 22 | Introduced by: | |
| 23 | 23 | ||
| 24 | 24 | (VA) | |
| 25 | 25 | ||
| 26 | 26 | RESOLUTION HONORING AMERICA'S FALLEN SOLDIERS. | |
| 27 | 27 | ||
| 28 | 28 | Resolved by this Assembly: | |
| 29 | 29 | ||
| 30 | 30 | WHEREAS, some 1.4 million American members of the armed forces have given their lives in various wars in defense of freedom; and | |
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| 32 | 32 | WHEREAS, the State of Connecticut and the nation as a whole should honor their service and sacrifice in perpetuity; and | |
| 33 | 33 | ||
| 34 | 34 | WHEREAS, the highest salute our nation can bestow on our military or public officials, including the President of the United States, is formally known as the "Twenty-One Gun Salute"; and | |
| 35 | 35 | ||
| 36 | 36 | WHEREAS, Americans who have given their lives in defense of the nation should be honored in a manner commensurate in dignity with the "Twenty-One Gun Salute"; and | |
| 37 | 37 | ||
| 38 | 38 | WHEREAS, observing a twenty-one-second moment of silence is an appropriate way to honor our fallen soldiers; and | |
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| 40 | 40 | WHEREAS, out of the thirty-one million, five hundred thirty-six thousand seconds in a calendar year, two hundred fifty-two seconds should be utilized to honor Americans who have given their lives defending freedom to observe a twenty-one-second moment of silence each month and, in doing so, help this generation and future generations understand and respect the sacrifice made by these brave soldiers. | |
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| 42 | 42 | NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Connecticut General Assembly encourages the citizens of this state to honor, on the twenty-first day of each month, those who have fallen in military service to our nation during times of war by flying the United States flag at half-staff and pausing for a twenty-one-second moment of silence in remembrance of their heroic sacrifice. |