Bill Text: TX HR1941 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Honoring the Valentine post office for its annual Valentine's Day postmark program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-22 - Reported enrolled [HR1941 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR1941-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 1941 | ||
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| 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 | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| 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. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
