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III
116TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
S. RES. 311
Expressing support for the designation of the week of September 11 through
September 17 as ‘‘Patriot Week’’.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
SEPTEMBER 12, 2019
Mr. PETERS (for himself and Mr. KENNEDY) submitted the following
resolution; which was considered and agreed to
RESOLUTION
Expressing support for the designation of the week of
September 11 through September 17 as ‘‘Patriot Week’’.
Whereas the events that led to the signing of the Constitution
of the United States by the delegates to the Constitu-
tional Convention on September 17, 1787, have signifi-
cance for every citizen of the United States and are hon-
ored in public schools across the United States on Con-
stitution Day, which is September 17 of each year;
Whereas the rule of law, the social compact, democracy, lib-
erty, equality, and unalienable human rights are the es-
sential values upon which the United States flourishes;
Whereas diversity is one of the greatest strengths of the
United States, and the motto inscribed on the Great Seal
of the United States, ‘‘E pluribus unum’’, Latin for ‘‘out
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of many, one’’, symbolizes that individuals in the United
States from all walks of life are unified by shared values;
Whereas exceptional, visionary, and indispensable individuals
such as Thomas Paine, Patrick Henry, John Adams,
John Marshall, George Washington, Elizabeth Cady
Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Rosa Parks, Harriet Tub-
man, Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, Martin Lu-
ther King, Jr., Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison
founded or advanced the United States;
Whereas the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of
the United States, the Declaration of Sentiments and
Resolutions signed in Seneca Falls, New York, the Get-
tysburg Address, the Emancipation Proclamation, and
the ‘‘I Have a Dream’’ speech delivered by Martin Lu-
ther King, Jr., express sentiments that have advanced
liberty in the United States; and
Whereas the Bennington (’76) flag, the Betsy Ross flag, the
current flag of the United States, the flag of the women’s
suffrage movement, the Union (Fort Sumter) flag, the
Gadsden flag, and the flags of the States are physical
symbols of the history of the United States: Now, there-
fore, be it
Resolved, That the Senate—
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(1) supports the designation of the week of Sep-
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tember 11 through September 17 as ‘‘Patriot
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Week’’;
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(2) recognizes that understanding the history of
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the United States and the first principles of the
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United States is indispensable to the survival of the
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United States as a free people;
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(3) acknowledges, in great reverence to the vic-
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tims of the September 11, 2001, attacks, that citi-
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zens of the United States should take time to honor
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the first principles, founders, documents, and sym-
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bols of their history;
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(4) recognizes that each generation should
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renew the spirit of the United States based on the
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first principles, historical figures, founding docu-
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ments, and symbols of the United States; and
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(5) encourages citizens, schools and other edu-
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cational institutions, and Federal, State, and local
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governments and their agencies to recognize and
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participate in Patriot Week by honoring, celebrating,
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and promoting the study of the history of the United
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States so that all people of the United States may
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offer the reverence that is due to the free republic.
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