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| 2 | 2 | | By: Raymond H.C.R. No. 156 |
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| 5 | 5 | | CONCURRENT RESOLUTION |
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| 6 | 6 | | WHEREAS, In November 1963, many Texans were anticipating a |
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| 7 | 7 | | two-day visit to their state by President John F. Kennedy; and |
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| 8 | 8 | | WHEREAS, The president's itinerary included stops in Dallas, |
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| 9 | 9 | | San Antonio, Houston, Fort Worth, and the capital of the Lone Star |
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| 10 | 10 | | State, where he was to appear at the Municipal Auditorium on |
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| 11 | 11 | | November 22; the speech he planned to deliver in Austin that evening |
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| 12 | 12 | | included memories of his 1960 campaign tour of Texas with then vice |
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| 13 | 13 | | presidential candidate Lyndon B. Johnson and concluded with a call |
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| 14 | 14 | | for unity and renewed confidence in American ideals; and |
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| 15 | 15 | | WHEREAS, The assassination of President Kennedy in Dallas on |
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| 16 | 16 | | November 22, 1963, forever changed the United States of America and |
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| 17 | 17 | | its people; in the aftermath of that tragedy, the planned visit to |
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| 18 | 18 | | Austin became a somber footnote in the annals of Texas and the |
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| 19 | 19 | | United States; and |
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| 20 | 20 | | WHEREAS, The placement of a Texas Historical Marker near the |
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| 21 | 21 | | auditorium would serve to remind future generations of President |
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| 22 | 22 | | Kennedy's leadership and his special interest in the citizens of |
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| 23 | 23 | | the Lone Star State; now, therefore, be it |
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| 24 | 24 | | RESOLVED, That the 82nd Legislature of the State of Texas |
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| 25 | 25 | | hereby direct the Texas Historical Commission to work with the City |
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| 26 | 26 | | of Austin to develop a unique design for an official Texas |
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| 27 | 27 | | Historical Marker in honor of President Kennedy, to be paid for |
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| 28 | 28 | | entirely with funds raised privately for this purpose, for |
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| 29 | 29 | | placement on or near the site of the Austin Municipal Auditorium; |
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| 30 | 30 | | and, be it further |
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| 31 | 31 | | RESOLVED, That such marker include, among other appropriate |
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| 32 | 32 | | notations, these words from President Kennedy's intended remarks: |
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| 33 | 33 | | For our country is moving and it must not stop. It |
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| 34 | 34 | | cannot stop. For this is a time for courage and a time |
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| 35 | 35 | | for challenge. Neither conformity nor complacency |
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| 36 | 36 | | will do. Neither the fanatics nor the faint-hearted |
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| 37 | 37 | | are needed. And our duty as a party is not to our party |
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| 38 | 38 | | alone, but to the Nation, and, indeed, to all mankind. |
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| 39 | 39 | | Our duty is not merely the preservation of political |
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| 40 | 40 | | power but the preservation of peace and freedom. |
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| 41 | 41 | | So let us not be petty when our cause is so great. Let |
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| 42 | 42 | | us not quarrel amongst ourselves when our Nation's |
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| 43 | 43 | | future is at stake. Let us stand together with renewed |
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| 44 | 44 | | confidence in our cause--united in our heritage of the |
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| 45 | 45 | | past and hopes for the future--and determined that |
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| 46 | 46 | | this land we love shall lead all mankind into new |
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| 47 | 47 | | frontiers of peace and abundance. |
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| 48 | 48 | | and, be it further |
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| 49 | 49 | | RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward an |
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| 50 | 50 | | official copy of this resolution to the chair of the Texas |
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| 51 | 51 | | Historical Commission. |
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