Bill Text: PA HR385 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Honoring Emmaus, Pennsylvania, on the occurrence of its 250th anniversary.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 51-23)

Status: (Passed) 2009-06-30 - Adopted [HR385 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HR385-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 2314
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No. 385 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY REICHLEY, ADOLPH, BAKER, BENNINGHOFF, BEYER, BOYD, BRENNAN, CALTAGIRONE, CAUSER, CLYMER, COHEN, D. COSTA, CRUZ, DALLY, DAY, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, EVERETT, FAIRCHILD, FLECK, GEIST, GINGRICH, GODSHALL, GOODMAN, GRUCELA, HELM, HENNESSEY, HICKERNELL, KNOWLES, KORTZ, MAHONEY, MAJOR, MANN, MARKOSEK, MARSICO, MELIO, MENSCH, MILLARD, MOUL, MURT, MUSTIO, O'NEILL, PALLONE, PARKER, PAYNE, PHILLIPS, PICKETT, PYLE, QUINN, RAPP, READSHAW, REED, ROHRER, ROSS, SAINATO, SANTONI, SCAVELLO, SIPTROTH, STABACK, STEVENSON, SWANGER, TALLMAN, TRUE, VEREB, VULAKOVICH, YOUNGBLOOD AND BRADFORD, JUNE 29, 2009
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, JUNE 29, 2009
A RESOLUTION
Honoring Emmaus, Pennsylvania, on the occurrence of its 250th
anniversary.
WHEREAS, In the early 1730s, German immigrants began settling
onto lands acquired by William Penn; and
WHEREAS, By 1734, a Germanic log cabin was built in
Maguntsche as a temporary shelter for these settlers; and
WHEREAS, The Shelter House, "Zufluchtshause" in German,
remains a prominent historic site in Emmaus and is believed to
be the oldest continuously inhabited structure in the Lehigh
Valley; and
WHEREAS, The new village was laid out in 1759, and that same
year Andres Giering built the first house; and
WHEREAS, In 1761, Moravian Bishop August Gottlieb Spangenberg
named the settlement "Emmaus"; and
WHEREAS, The discovery of iron ore in the mid-1800s
significantly changed the area; and
WHEREAS, The east branch of the Philadelphia and Reading
Railroad made its appearance, and by April 20, 1859, the first
train was heard rolling through town; and
WHEREAS, On August 1 of that same year the Village of Emmaus
incorporated as the Borough of Emmaus and accordingly, in 2009,
celebrates 150 years as a borough as well as 250 years as a
town; and
WHEREAS, Industry continued to flourish as the first blast
furnace was "blown in" in 1869; and
WHEREAS, The heart of every community is its downtown and
Emmaus' is especially rich in character and history with the
Moravian Church on Main Street remaining a landmark in the
community; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives honor Emmaus,
Pennsylvania on the occurrence of its 250th anniversary.
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