HLS 23RS-144 ORIGINAL
2023 Regular Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 9
BY REPRESENTATIVE MINCEY
PUBLIC BLDGS/GROUNDS-ST: Requests the Department of Veterans Affairs in
conjunction with the office of state buildings to plan and implement a Purple Heart
Trail on the grounds surrounding the state capitol
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2To urge and request the Department of Veterans Affairs, in conjunction with the office of
3 state buildings and in consultation with the Department of Culture, Recreation and
4 Tourism's state historic preservation officer, to plan and implement, subject to the
5 approval of the governor, the president of the Senate, and the speaker of the House
6 of Representatives, a Purple Heart Trail in the Louisiana Veterans Memorial Park,
7 located on the grounds surrounding the state capitol.
8 WHEREAS, the valor and sacrifice of soldiers have been an integral part of our
9nation's history since before we were a nation; General George Washington saw the need to
10recognize and encourage military merit in the Continental Army during the American
11Revolution; he selected a purple heart as the signifier of such merit; and
12 WHEREAS, through the decades and centuries, the use and significance of the
13Purple Heart award have evolved, but the merit it represents has never been in short supply
14in the hearts of America's military personnel; and
15 WHEREAS, in our own time among those outside of military service, the Purple
16Heart is probably the best known and most respected of all military honors; Americans are
17ever grateful for the battlefield sacrifices made by recipients of the Purple Heart; and
18 WHEREAS, commemoration and remembrance of Purple Heart recipients is always
19appropriate, and the addition of a Purple Heart Trail to the Louisiana Veterans Memorial
20Park at the state capitol is a fitting way to commemorate and remember.
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HCR NO. 9
1 THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby urge
2and request the Department of Veterans Affairs, in conjunction with the office of state
3buildings and in consultation with the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism's state
4historic preservation officer, to plan and implement, subject to the approval of the governor,
5the president of the Senate, and the speaker of the House of Representatives, a Purple Heart
6Trail in the Louisiana Veterans Memorial Park, located on the grounds surrounding the state
7capitol.
8 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
9secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HCR 9 Original 2023 Regular Session Mincey
Requests the Dept. of Veterans Affairs, in conjunction with the office of state buildings and
in consultation with the Dept. of Culture, Recreation and Tourism's state historic
preservation officer, to plan and implement, subject to the approval of the governor, the
president of the Senate, and the speaker of the House of Representatives, a Purple Heart
Trail in the La. Veterans Memorial Park, located on the grounds surrounding the state
capitol.
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