2015 Regular Session ENROLLED
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 220
BY SENATORS WALSWORTH, KOSTELKA, RISER AND THOMPSON
A RESOLUTION
To urge and request the secretary of state to submit by January 1, 2016, to the Senate and
Governmental Affairs Committee an orderly plan for the complete transition of
governing authority of the Chennault Aviation and Military Museum from the
Department of State to the Friends of the Chennault Aviation and Military Museum.
WHEREAS, Claire Lee Chennault was born on September 6, 1893, to Mr. John
Stonewall Jackson and Mrs. Jessie Chennault and was raised in rural Gilbert, Louisiana; and
WHEREAS, General Chennault earned his wings from the U.S. Army Air Corps in
1919 and would go on to become the Chief of Pursuit Section at Air Corps Tactical School
in the 1930s; and
WHEREAS, the Chennault Aviation and Military Museum, located in Monroe,
Louisiana, is committed to upholding the legacy of General Chennault through education
and promotion of military and aviation history.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby urge and request the secretary of state to submit by January 1, 2016, to the
Senate and Governmental Affairs Committee an orderly plan for the complete transition of
governing authority of the Chennault Aviation and Military Museum from the Department
of State to the Friends of the Chennault Aviation and Military Museum.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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