Assembly Concurrent Resolution
No. 78
CHAPTER 64
Relative to National Flag Day.
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Filed with
Secretary of State
June 11, 2001.
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LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
ACR 78, Mountjoy.
National Flag Day.
This measure would designate June 14, 2001, as Flag Day of the State of California and would urge all citizens of California to pause at 4 p.m. on that day for the 22nd annual national Pause for the Pledge of Allegiance and join all Americans in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America.
Digest Key
WHEREAS, By act of the Continental Congress of the United States, dated June 14, 1777, the first official flag of the United States was adopted; and
WHEREAS, By act of Congress dated August 3, 1949, June 14 of each year was officially designated as “National Flag Day”; and
WHEREAS, The Congress has requested the President to issue annually a proclamation designating the week in which June 14 occurs as “National Flag Week”; and
WHEREAS, On December 8, 1982, the National Flag Day Foundation was chartered to conduct educational programs and to encourage all Americans to pause for the pledge of allegiance to the flag as part of the celebration of National Flag Day throughout the nation; and
WHEREAS, By act of Congress, dated June 20, 1985, Public Law 99-54, was passed to have the Pause for the Pledge of Allegiance as part of the celebration of National Flag Day throughout the nation; and
WHEREAS, Flag Day celebrates our nation’s symbol of unity, a democracy in a republic, and stands for our country’s devotion to freedom, to the rule of law, and to equal rights; and
WHEREAS, Since the founding of our nation the flag has held a unique place in the hearts of those brave men and women who have served in our nation’s armed forces, whereby in each of our nation’s wars examples may be found of soldiers offering their lives not only in defense of our nation, but also in honor of our flag and the principles it embodies; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate thereof concurring, That Thursday, June 14, 2001, should be designated as Flag Day of the State of California; and be it further
Resolved, That the Legislature urges all citizens of the State of California to pause at 4 p.m., on June 14, 2001, for the 22nd annual national Pause for the Pledge of Allegiance and join all Americans in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America; and be it further
Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit a copy of this resolution to the Governor of the State of California, and to the author for appropriate distribution.