Bill Text: TX HCR20 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Designating the hamburger as the official State Sandwich of Texas.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-27 - Left pending in committee [HCR20 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HCR20-Introduced.html
| 82R531 MMS-D | ||
| By: Flynn | H.C.R. No. 20 | |
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| WHEREAS, The State of Texas has customarily recognized a | ||
| variety of official symbols as tangible representations of the | ||
| state's historical and cultural heritage; and | ||
| WHEREAS, An American classic, the hamburger has been | ||
| associated with Texas since the late 19th century, when Fletcher | ||
| Davis, a resident of Athens, developed the new sandwich and sold it | ||
| at his lunch counter on the courthouse square; in 1904, Mr. Davis | ||
| secured vending privileges on the midway at the Louisiana Purchase | ||
| Exposition in St. Louis, and it was there that his creation caught | ||
| the attention of countless visitors from across the country; the | ||
| novelty of the hamburger so impressed a reporter from the New York | ||
| Tribune that he even mentioned it in a newspaper article; a century | ||
| later, the 80th Texas Legislature paid tribute to Mr. Davis's | ||
| innovation by designating Athens as the Original Home of the | ||
| Hamburger; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In the years since its first appearance, the | ||
| hamburger has come to figure prominently in the state's cultural | ||
| landscape; a fixture at innumerable restaurants, roadside stands, | ||
| and backyard cookouts, it is consumed by Texans in significant | ||
| numbers; according to statistics provided in the 23rd Annual Report | ||
| on Eating Patterns in America, residents of the state enjoy more | ||
| than 770 million hamburgers annually; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In economic terms, the impact of the hamburger is | ||
| similarly pronounced; the immense volume of the burger business | ||
| helps to drive the beef and grain industries of Texas and supports | ||
| the employment of a substantial workforce; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A Texan was instrumental in introducing the | ||
| hamburger to the American public, and that sandwich has gone on to | ||
| become a mainstay in the cultural and economic life of the Lone Star | ||
| State; it is fitting, therefore, that the association between Texas | ||
| and this iconic American sandwich be appropriately recognized; now, | ||
| therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the 82nd Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
| hereby designate the hamburger as the official State Sandwich of | ||
| Texas. | ||
