Michigan 2023 2023-2024 Regular Session

Michigan House Bill HR0083 Enrolled / Bill

Filed 04/27/2023

                    house resolution no.83 Reps. St. Germaine and Haadsma offered the following resolution: A resolution to declare April 29, 2023, as Fraternal Order of Eagles Day in the state of Michigan. Whereas, In early 1898, six theater owners founded the organization which birthed the Order of Good Things.. They later claimed the name The Fraternal Order of Eagles and established a mission statement to make human life more desirable by lessening its ill and promoting peace, prosperity, gladness and hope.; and  Whereas, Since its establishment in 1898, The Fraternal Order of Eagles has founded 1,500 Aeries and 800,000 members throughout the nation and has continually endeavored to support the communities they reside in through the mission statement they exist under. The organizations history has had seven different American Presidents hold membership, including Theodore Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, and Ronald Reagan; and  Whereas, The Fraternal Order of Eagles has had a monumental impact on social legislation, its notable achievements include the institution of Mothers Day, ending age-based discrimination with its Jobs After 40 program, and being an avid and influential proponent for workers compensation; and  Whereas, The Fraternal Order of Eagles has raised, donated, and provided matching grants worth millions of dollars to health care institutions, drug education programs, Diabetes Research Center, and Saint Judes Childrens Research Hospital to name a few; now, therefore, be it  Resolved by the House of Representatives, That the members of this legislative body declare April 29, 2023, as Fraternal Order of Eagles Day in the state of Michigan. 

 

 

house resolution no.83

Reps. St. Germaine and Haadsma offered the following resolution:

A resolution to declare April 29, 2023, as Fraternal Order of Eagles Day in the state of Michigan.

Whereas, In early 1898, six theater owners founded the organization which birthed the Order of Good Things.. They later claimed the name The Fraternal Order of Eagles and established a mission statement to make human life more desirable by lessening its ill and promoting peace, prosperity, gladness and hope.; and 

Whereas, Since its establishment in 1898, The Fraternal Order of Eagles has founded 1,500 Aeries and 800,000 members throughout the nation and has continually endeavored to support the communities they reside in through the mission statement they exist under. The organizations history has had seven different American Presidents hold membership, including Theodore Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, and Ronald Reagan; and 

Whereas, The Fraternal Order of Eagles has had a monumental impact on social legislation, its notable achievements include the institution of Mothers Day, ending age-based discrimination with its Jobs After 40 program, and being an avid and influential proponent for workers compensation; and 

Whereas, The Fraternal Order of Eagles has raised, donated, and provided matching grants worth millions of dollars to health care institutions, drug education programs, Diabetes Research Center, and Saint Judes Childrens Research Hospital to name a few; now, therefore, be it 

Resolved by the House of Representatives, That the members of this legislative body declare April 29, 2023, as Fraternal Order of Eagles Day in the state of Michigan.