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1	4		2023 ASSEMBLY JOINT RESOLUTIO N 39
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3		-	ENROLLED JOINT RESOLUTION
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5		-	Relating to: proclaiming June 12, 2023, as Ronald Reagan Freedom Day in Wisconsin.
6		-	Whereas, on June 12, 1987, the United States had been in a cold war with the Soviet Union for
7		-	more than 40 years, and President Ronald Reagan was delivering a speech at the Brandenburg Gate in
8		-	West Berlin; and
9		-	Whereas, during that 40−year period of Soviet power, many people faced persecution and fled
10		-	to the western European nations and beyond in order to escape tyranny and find freedom; and
11		-	Whereas, the Communist government of the German Democratic Republic built a wall of barbed
12		-	wire and concrete separating East and West Berlin, primarily to stem mass defections from East to West;
	5	+	May 8, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives TITTL, ARMSTRONG, BINSFELD,
	6	+	DITTRICH, EDMING, GUNDRUM, S. JOHNSON, KITCHENS, MAGNAFICI, MOSES,
	7	+	MURPHY, MURSAU, NEDWESKI, NOVAK, O'CONNOR, PENTERMAN, PETRYK,
	8	+	RETTINGER, ROZAR and S TEFFEN, cosponsored by Senators JAMES,
	9	+	CABRAL-GUEVARA, FELZKOWSKI, MARKLEIN and NASS. Referred to Committee on
	10	+	Rules.
	11	+	*AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*
	12	+	Relating to: proclaiming June 12, 2023, as Ronald Reagan Freedom Day in
	13	+	Wisconsin.
	14	+	Whereas, on June 12, 1987, the United States had been in a cold war with the
	15	+	Soviet Union for more than 40 years, and President Ronald Reagan was delivering
	16	+	a speech at the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin; and
	17	+	Whereas, during that 40-year period of Soviet power, many people faced
	18	+	persecution and fled to the western European nations and beyond in order to escape
	19	+	tyranny and find freedom; and
	20	+	Whereas, the Communist government of the German Democratic Republic
	21	+	built a wall of barbed wire and concrete separating East and West Berlin, primarily
	22	+	to stem mass defections from East to West; and
	23	+	Whereas, the wall made it very difficult for people to escape Soviet Communism
	24	+	in Germany and unite with their families in West Berlin, evidenced by at least 171
	25	+	people dying trying to get over, under, or around the wall; and
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	43	+	Whereas, during his speech, Ronald Reagan remarked to the Soviet president,
	44	+	“Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate; Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall”; and
	45	+	Whereas, on November 9, 1989, when the head of the East German Communist
	46	+	Party announced that citizens of the German Democratic Republic could cross the
	47	+	border whenever they pleased, ecstatic crowds swarmed the wall—some crossing
	48	+	freely into West Berlin, while others hammered and chipped away at the wall itself;
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14		-	Whereas, the wall made it very difficult for people to escape Soviet Communism in Germany and
15		-	unite with their families in West Berlin, evidenced by at least 171 people dying trying to get over, under,
16		-	or around the wall; and
17		-	Whereas, during his speech, Ronald Reagan remarked to the Soviet president, “Mr. Gorbachev,
18		-	open this gate; Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall”; and
19		-	Whereas, on November 9, 1989, when the head of the East German Communist Party announced
20		-	that citizens of the German Democratic Republic could cross the border whenever they pleased, ecstatic
21		-	crowds swarmed the wall—some crossing freely into West Berlin, while others hammered and chipped
22		-	away at the wall itself; and
23		-	Whereas, more than two million people from East Berlin visited West Berlin that weekend,
24		-	participating in a celebration that was, as one journalist described it, “the greatest street party in the
25		-	history of the world”; now, therefore, be it
26		-	Resolved by the assembly, the senate concurring, That the members of the Wisconsin
27		-	Legislature hereby commemorate that historic speech and declare June 12, 2023, as Ronald Reagan
28		-	Freedom Day in Wisconsin.
29		-	Senator Chris Kapenga
30		-	President of the Senate
31		-	Representative Robin J. Vos
32		-	Speaker of the Assembly
33		-	Date
34		-	Edward A. Blazel
35		-	Assembly Chief Clerk
	50	+	Whereas, more than two million people from East Berlin visited West Berlin
	51	+	that weekend, participating in a celebration that was, as one journalist described it,
	52	+	“the greatest street party in the history of the world”; now, therefore, be it
	53	+	Resolved by the assembly, the senate concurring, That the members of the
	54	+	Wisconsin Legislature hereby commemorate that historic speech and declare June
	55	+	12, 2023, as Ronald Reagan Freedom Day in Wisconsin.
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