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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 10
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By: Senator Waldstreicher
Introduced and read first time: February 24, 2022
Assigned to: Rules
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
A Senate Joint Resolution concerning 1
United States Congress – Support for the Francis G. Newlands Memorial 2
Removal Act 3
FOR the purpose of affirming the Maryland General Assembly’s support for the enactment 4
of the Francis G. Newlands Memorial Removal Act by the United States Congress; 5
and generally relating to the removal of certain items from the Francis G. Newlands 6
Memorial Fountain. 7
WHEREAS, U.S. Senate Bill S. 3515 and U.S. House of Representatives Bill H.R. 8
1256 direct the U.S. Department of the Interior to remove a plaque bearing the name 9
“Senator Francis G. Newlands”, a projection bearing the name “Francis Griffith Newlands”, 10
and a carving with the name “Newlands Memorial Fountain” from the Francis Griffith 11
Newlands Memorial Fountain, and require the Department to offer the items removed to 12
descendants of Francis Griffith Newlands for a certain period and, if the items are not 13
claimed by descendants of Francis Griffith Newlands, to maintain the items as federal 14
property and accession of the items into the Rock Creek Park museum collection; and 15
WHEREAS, The Francis G. Newlands Memorial is located at Chevy Chase Circle on 16
the border between the State of Maryland and the District of Columbia; and 17
WHEREAS, Francis Griffith Newlands fervently endorsed white supremacist 18
values, which conflict with the values of diversity, acceptance, and inclusion that make our 19
State great; now, therefore, be it 20
RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, That the Maryland 21
General Assembly affirms its support for the enactment of the Francis G. Newlands 22
Memorial Removal Act as it was introduced in both chambers of the United States 23
Congress; and be it further 24
RESOLVED, That certified copies of this Joint Resolution be sent by the Secretary 25
of State to the Honorable Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States of America, 1600 26
Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C. 20500; the Honorable Kamala Harris, Vice 27 2 SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 10
President of the United States, President of the United States Senate, Suite 1
S–212, United States Capitol Building, Washington, D.C. 20510; and the Honorable Deb 2
Haaland, United States Secretary of the Interior, 1849 C Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 3
20240; and be it further 4
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be forwarded by the Department of 5
Legislative Services to the Maryland Congressional Delegation: Senators Benjamin L. 6
Cardin and Christopher Van Hollen, Jr., Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510; 7
and Representatives Andrew P. Harris, C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger III, John P. Sarbanes, 8
Anthony G. Brown, Steny Hamilton Hoyer, David J. Trone, Kweisi Mfume, and Jamie 9
Raskin, House Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20515; and be it further 10
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be forwarded by the Department of 11
Legislative Services to the Honorable Lawrence J. Hogan, Jr., Governor of Maryland; the 12
Honorable William C. Ferguson, IV, President of the Senate of Maryland; and the 13
Honorable Adrienne A. Jones, Speaker of the House of Delegates. 14