As Adopted by the Senate
136th General Assembly
Regular Session S. R. No. 97
2025-2026
Senator Weinstein
A R E S O L U T I O N
Observing April 2025 as the Month of the Military
Child in Ohio.
WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the 136th General Assembly
of Ohio are pleased to recognize the Month of the Military Child in
Ohio, April 2025; and
WHEREAS, In an effort to increase public knowledge and
understanding of the issues surrounding children who have a parent in
the military, the month of April was first designated by then U.S.
Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger as the Month of the Military
Child in 1986. The children of U.S. Armed Forces members are deserving
of profound admiration for their strength of character; and
WHEREAS, As Americans enjoy the freedom and democracy that service
men and women help to perpetuate, we feel the deepest respect for
military families in their own right as individuals who have imparted
a stalwart sense of patriotic duty and who have accepted the risks of
service with dignity and courage. There are those who take for granted
our precious rights and privileges, never adequately considering the
enormous personal costs so frequently exacted in conjunction with the
fulfillment of military obligations. We owe it to military families,
especially their children, who may move many times throughout their
lives, bear the burden of a parent being in harm’s way, and endure
long separations from their parent, to remain keenly aware of how
dearly our nation has always paid for its liberty and its ideals; and
WHEREAS, Childhood is a formative time, and family members,
together with communities, educators, public officials, and faith-
based organizations, play important roles in helping to ensure that
children grow up in a safe and stable environment, one that provides
nurturing love and encouragement. All Ohioans share the responsibility
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of supporting our youth, and during the month of April, we renew our
commitment to military children, offering understanding and empathy,
and urge all citizens to mark this observance by advocating for those
who are serving our country and their families; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That we, the members of the Senate of the 136th General
Assembly of Ohio, in adopting this Resolution, acknowledge the Month
of the Military Child in Ohio, April 2025, and urge all citizens to
participate in appropriate programs and activities associated with it;
and be it further
RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the Senate transmit duly authenticated
copies of this Resolution to the news media of Ohio.
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