Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session

Wisconsin Senate Bill SJR58 Compare Versions

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4	4	2023 SENATE JOINT RESOLUTIO N 58
5	5	June 29, 2023 - Introduced by Senators PFAFF, CARPENTER, ROYS and COWLES,
6	6	cosponsored by Representatives OLDENBURG, OHNSTAD, JOERS, STUBBS,
7	7	SUBECK, TRANEL, SHANKLAND, O'CONNOR and BALDEH. Referred to Committee
8	8	on Senate Organization.
9	9	*AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*
10	10	Relating to: proclaiming June 17, 2023, Prairie du Chien Day.
11	11	Whereas, 350 years ago, Father Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet set out
12	12	from Michigan to explore the waterways from the Great Lakes to the Mississippi
13	13	River; and
14	14	Whereas, Father Marquette was a French-born Jesuit missionary and Joliet
15	15	was a fur trader and mapmaker; and
16	16	Whereas, in 1673, Father Marquette and Joliet led an expedition to map the
17	17	land and waterways in this region of America for the French; and
18	18	Whereas, Native Americans had lived in the area and traveled these waterways
19	19	for thousands of years prior to Father Marquette and Joliet, and helped them
20	20	navigate on their expedition; and
21	21	Whereas, Father Marquette and Joliet arrived in Prairie du Chien on June 17,
22	22	1673, where they entered the Mississippi River and traveled south for hundreds of
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41	41	Whereas, Father Marquette and Joliet's expedition confirmed for the French
42	42	that it was possible to travel by water from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico;
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44	44	Whereas, this confirmation and the information gathered from the expedition
45	45	led to the establishment of French trading posts across the region, and the settlement
46	46	of Prairie du Chien and other cities; and
47	47	Whereas, Prairie du Chien will hold a community festival June 16 through
48	48	June 18 to commemorate the 350th anniversary of this expedition; now, therefore,
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50	50	Resolved by the senate, the assembly concurring, That the Wisconsin
51	51	Legislature hereby proclaims June 17, 2023, Prairie du Chien Day, in honor of the
52	52	350th expedition anniversary.
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