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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 147
BY SENATOR WALSWORTH
A RESOLUTION
To commend Randy K. Haynie for his generous loan to the state of Louisiana for public
display of a rare Eighteen-Star American National Flag Commemorating Louisiana
Statehood.
WHEREAS, Randy K. Haynie has been closely involved with Louisiana politics for
many years, but he is also vitally interested in the colorful history of the Bayou State, as well
as the preservation of the numerous historical artifacts that have survived war, sickness and
societal upheaval; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Haynie has collected a number of these artifacts and saved them
from certain destruction and loss and shared them with the people of Louisiana in order to
help the people understand and stay in touch with the rich culture that shaped and formed
their society; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Haynie was fortunate to have come across a significant piece of
Louisiana's history during his participation in and organizing of the state's Bicentennial
Celebration; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Haynie was able to acquire a rare piece of Americana when he
purchased the Eighteen-Star American National Flag Commemorating Louisiana Statehood
and entry into the Union; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Haynie has offered to loan Louisiana officials the flag to be
displayed inside the State Capitol Building where all visiting members of the public could
see one of only three such flags in existence today; and
WHEREAS, the rare flag was hand-sewn by the seamen of the U.S.S. Constitution
sometime during the period between 1812 and 1816, after Louisiana was admitted as the
eighteenth state on April 30, 1812, with William C.C. Claiborne as the first governor of the
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WHEREAS, the ownership of the flag had come down to Mrs. Jennie L. Wood, on
her mother's side of the family from her uncle Joseph L. Galloway, a direct descendent of
Thomas Galloway, a sergeant in General Gabriel Slaughter's Regiment of the Fifteenth
Kentucky Militia at the Battle of New Orleans on January 8, 1815; and
WHEREAS, the flag has thirteen alternating stripes and thirteen cotton-muslin stars
on a blue canton, but this would soon change as more states joined the union and a new star
would be added for each new state; and
WHEREAS, Randy Haynie should be hailed by all of Louisiana for the countless
hours he has given to making the state's citizens more aware of their heritage, culture and
history and for his generous philanthropic contributions to that end.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby extend its highest and most sincere commendations to Randy K. Haynie for his
generous loan of the famous flag in order to display it in the Louisiana State Capitol
Building for the state's bicentennial celebration.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to Mr.
Randy K. Haynie.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE