Bill Text: TX HR43 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Commemorating Memorial Day 2025.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-25 - Filed [HR43 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HR43-Introduced.html
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| By: Lalani | H.R. No. 43 | |
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| WHEREAS, Every Memorial Day, millions of citizens across | ||
| Texas and the nation gather to remember those heroic men and women | ||
| in uniform who made the ultimate sacrifice in the defense of our | ||
| country; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Originally known as Decoration Day for the practice | ||
| of decorating the graves of soldiers with flowers once a year, this | ||
| holiday began after the Civil War as a remembrance of those who had | ||
| died in the war; celebrated on May 30 in subsequent decades, the | ||
| holiday came to be known as Memorial Day, a day to honor all of the | ||
| country's fallen, in all of its wars; since the early 1970s, the day | ||
| has been observed on the last Monday in May; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The nation's most solemn Memorial Day ceremony | ||
| occurs in Arlington National Cemetery at the Tomb of the Unknown | ||
| Soldier, where the remains of unidentified Americans from World War | ||
| I, World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War are interred in | ||
| a marble monument and in the adjacent plaza; accompanied by honor | ||
| guards from all branches of the military, the president of the | ||
| United States traditionally lays a wreath at the tomb, and the | ||
| ceremony is further solemnized by the sounding of "Taps," the | ||
| haunting bugle call that has been performed at military funerals | ||
| and memorials since the Civil War; and | ||
| WHEREAS, At the same time, in cities large and small across | ||
| the nation, veterans and their fellow citizens gather in cemeteries | ||
| and other public places to remember fallen comrades and to pay | ||
| tribute to those who died to protect our liberty and our republic; | ||
| these ceremonies are also graced by the stirring echoes of "Taps," | ||
| and by tradition, the United States flag is briskly raised to full | ||
| staff at the beginning of the day and then lowered slowly to half | ||
| staff, where it remains until noon, when it is raised to full staff | ||
| again; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The toll of freedom is high; in the years since the | ||
| founding of our republic, more than one million American military | ||
| personnel have died in U.S. wars, and each year, on Memorial Day, | ||
| Americans gather to pay tribute to those courageous men and women | ||
| who, in the words of President Abraham Lincoln, gave the last full | ||
| measure of devotion; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby recognize Memorial Day 2025 in solemn | ||
| commemoration of all those who have died in the service of our | ||
| nation. | ||
