H.R. No. 1941
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, For more than 30 years, the post office in Valentine
has offered people around the world a special postmark for their
love letters and cards on Valentine's Day; and
WHEREAS, The town of Valentine received its name because it
was founded on February 14, 1882, and in recent years, its post
office has provided a special romantic postmark for the holiday,
with a new design every year; individuals from across the nation and
as far away as Switzerland and Japan send letters to Texas to be
stamped with the special cancellation; on average, the post office
processes 12,000 love letters each year, and it has received as many
as 30,000; and
WHEREAS, Each year's postmark is selected through a
competition for local schoolchildren; the 2019 winning entry was
created by Jordan Miller, an eighth grader in the Valentine
Independent School District; the design shows the back of a pickup
truck, with the date, the name of the town and its zip code, and
"Love Station" written across the tailgate and the bumper; the
truck is flanked by a line from the classic Waylon Jennings song
"Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)"; and
WHEREAS, This unique and charming tradition helps
individuals from far and wide put a West Texas spin on their
Valentine's Day cards and letters, and it is truly deserving of
special recognition; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas
Legislature hereby commend the Valentine post office for its annual
Valentine's Day postmark program and extend to the post office
sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for the Valentine post office as an expression of high
regard by the Texas House of Representatives.
Nevárez
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Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 1941 was adopted by the House on May
22, 2019, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House