Bill Text: MI SR0159 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: A resolution to commemorate the 200th Anniversary of “The Star-Spangled Banner.”
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 22-7)
Status: (Passed) 2014-06-11 - Adopted [SR0159 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2013-SR0159-Enrolled.html
SR-159, As Adopted by Senate, June 11, 2014
Senators Anderson, Bieda, Hopgood, Kowall, Meekhof, Brandenburg, Colbeck and Moolenaar offered the following resolution:
Senate Resolution No. 159.
A resolution to commemorate the 200th Anniversary of The Star-Spangled Banner.
Whereas, In 1813, Major George Armistead, the American commander at Fort McHenry in Baltimore Harbor, requested two large 15-star flags for the fort, a large 30-feet by 42-feet great garrison flag and smaller 17-feet by 25-feet storm flag, to be flown in inclement weather; and
Whereas, Mary Young Pickersgill, a Baltimore seamstress, was commissioned to create both flags at a cost of $405.90 for the garrison flag and $168.54 for the storm flag; and
Whereas, The British attack on Fort McHenry on September 13 and 14 of 1814 inspired Francis Scott Key to write the lyrics for Defence of Fort MHenry to the tune of To Anacreon in Heaven. Keys lyrics were quickly printed and then re-named The Star-Spangled Banner and performed publicly in the Baltimore area; and
Whereas, President Herbert Hoover signed the act of Congress designating The Star-Spangled Banner as the national anthem of the United States of America on March 3, 1931; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate, That the members of this legislative body commemorate the 200th Anniversary of The Star-Spangled Banner. We urge local communities, elected officials, civic and religious leaders, educators, local historians, and the general public to organize and hold special events in their communities in mid-September to help commemorate this important chapter in American and Michigan history.
