Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

Tennessee House Bill HJR0240 Compare Versions

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4	4	HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 240
5	5	By Powers
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13	13	A RESOLUTION to commemorate the celebration of St. Patrick's
14	14	Day.
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16	16	WHEREAS, on March 17, the annual celebration of the Feast of Saint Patrick, Irish
17	17	Americans join with men, women, and children of all other ethnic origins who, for one day,
18	18	become Irish and celebrate both St. Patrick and their love of Ireland; and
19	19	WHEREAS, on St. Patrick's Day, all who wear the green live for a day in the spirit of the
20	20	three Patron Saints of Ireland, Saint Patrick, Saint Brigid, and Saint Colmcille; and
21	21	WHEREAS, Irish immigrants to Tennessee helped form the cultural foundation of this
22	22	State, and those Tennesseans of Irish lineage continue to proudly sing support for Ireland
23	23	today; and
24	24	WHEREAS, the songs of Ireland are the tragic songs of love and the joyous songs of
25	25	battle; they are the nostalgic reveries of the sorrows and glories that are the Emerald Isle, the
26	26	lamentations of life's myriad travails, and the odes to joy and the life eternal; and
27	27	WHEREAS, today, nearly one in ten Americans identify as being of Irish ancestry; Irish
28	28	immigrants helped build the America we know today, not only the physical infrastructure, but
29	29	also the political construct that is America; and
30	30	WHEREAS, the American War of Independence began in April 1775 at Lexington and
31	31	Concord, where "the shot heard 'round the world" continues to echo to this day; that action 250
32	32	years ago inspired Ireland and others in many nations to continue to struggle to be free and to
33	33	choose their own destiny; and
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38	38	WHEREAS, the American-Irish relationship is a shining example of how ancestral ties,
39	39	historical connections, cultural affinities, and shared values can create a foundation for enduring
40	40	partnership and mutual prosperity; and
41	41	WHEREAS, Irish-American state legislators across the United States are playing a vitally
42	42	important role in fostering this partnership and ensuring that it continues and flourishes for
43	43	another century to come; and
44	44	WHEREAS, we are pleased to honor the American Irish State Legislators Caucus and
45	45	its aim of fostering and strengthening the longstanding relationship that exists between the
46	46	United States of America and the Republic of Ireland and mutually benefits both countries; and
47	47	WHEREAS, all Tennesseans are Irish on St. Patrick's Day, and as we wear the green
48	48	and sing Irish songs on this day of celebration, we most confidently state, "Erin go Bragh"; now,
49	49	therefore,
50	50	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE HUNDRED
51	51	FOURTEENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, THE SENATE
52	52	CONCURRING, that we commemorate the celebration of St. Patrick's Day on March 17, the
53	53	annual celebration of the Feast of Saint Patrick, the Patron Saint of Ireland.
54	54	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that an appropriate copy of this resolution be prepared
55	55	for presentation with this final clause omitted from such copy and upon proper request made to
56	56	the appropriate clerk, the language appearing immediately following the State seal appear
57	57	without House or Senate designation.
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