Assembly Resolution No. 360

BY: M. of A. Eachus

        MEMORIALIZING  Governor  Kathy  Hochul to proclaim
        April 26, 2023, as West Point Day in New York State

  WHEREAS, This Legislative Body is  justly  proud  to  celebrate  the
establishment of the United States Military Academy at West Point and to
call  upon  Governor  Kathy  Hochul  to proclaim April 26, 2023, as West
Point Day in the State of New York; and

  WHEREAS, By an act of Congress, on March 16, 1802, the United States
Military Academy was established within the borders of New  York  State,
on the banks of the Hudson River; and

  WHEREAS,  The  Academy and its graduates are an integral part of the
proud history of this State and Nation; and

  WHEREAS, The leadership and sacrifices of the members  of  the  Long
Grey  Line  have  helped this country withstand countless threats to our
cherished democratic way of life; and

  WHEREAS, The alumni have excelled not only on the battlefield but in
many fields of endeavor; and

  WHEREAS, The Academy continues to provide our country with able  and
dedicated future leaders; and

  WHEREAS,  Its  scenic  campus  is a mecca each year for thousands of
visitors from across our State, continent, and other countries; and

  WHEREAS, The United States Military Academy is in the  forefront  of
our State's outstanding institutions of higher learning; and

  WHEREAS,  Over seventy years ago, the late James T. McNamara, then a
member of the New York State Assembly, and a  member  of  the  Academy's
class  of  1939,  was  the author of the State Legislature's first "West
Point Day" Resolution; and

  WHEREAS, For decades, our Nation has enjoyed the legacy  of  freedom
and  the  United  States  Military  Academy  at  West Point has played a
vitally significant role in the maintenance of peace and freedom; and

  WHEREAS,  The  members  of  this  Legislative  Body  are  proud   to
commemorate this event, marking April 26, 2023, as West Point Day in New
York State; now, therefore, be it

  RESOLVED,  That  this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
celebrate the establishment of the United  States  Military  Academy  at
West  Point  and  to memorialize Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim April
26, 2023, as West Point Day in New York State; and be it further

  RESOLVED, That a copy of this  Resolution,  suitably  engrossed,  be
transmitted  to The Honorable Kathy Hochul, Governor of the State of New
York.