Bill Text: WV HCR86 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Designating June 12th each year as Women Veterans Appreciation Day

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 25-16)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-27 - To House Rules [HCR86 Detail]

Download: West_Virginia-2020-HCR86-Introduced.html

HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 86

(By Delegates Longstreth, Pethtel, Evans, Angelucci, Hardy, Bibby, Rowe, Hicks, Tombllin, Zukoff, Williams, Atkinson, Bates, Boggs, Canestraro, Caputo, Fleischauer, Fluharty, Hill, J. Kelly, Lovejoy, Miller, Pushkin, Pyles, Robinson, Skaff, Staggers, Swartzmiller, R. Thompson, Walker and Wilson)

[Introduced February 14, 2020]

 

Requesting that the West Virginia Legislature designates June 12th of each year as “Women Veterans Appreciation Day” in the State of West Virginia.

Whereas, Women have proudly served their country throughout all periods of the history of the United States; and

Whereas, Women have formally been a part of the United States Armed Forces since the inception of the Army Nurse Corps in 1901, and informally served since the inception of our nation’s military; and

Whereas, Since the American Revolution, women served on the battlefield alongside men, despite Army regulations stating only men can enlist, women joined the fighting disguised as young men; and

Whereas, Women constitute approximately 15 percent of our military personnel on active duty; and

Whereas, Women constitute more than 10 percent of the veteran population which is more than 2 million women; and

Whereas, West Virginia proudly appreciates the service of its women veterans who have demonstrated great skill, sacrifice, and commitment to defending the principles upon which our Nation was founded; and

Whereas, The State of West Virginia recognizes the growing presence of women in our Nation’s armed forces and the State’s National Guard and wishes to respect women veterans for their honorable military service by designating a day as “Women Veterans Appreciation Day” in West Virginia; therefore, be it

Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That the West Virginia Legislature designates June 12th of each year as West Virginia Women Veterans Appreciation Day and pays tribute to our brave women veterans; and, be it

Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the House forward a copy of this resolution to the Governor.

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