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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2017

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J O I N T   R E S O L U T I O N

COMMEMORATING THE 227TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF "HOPE DAY:

BIRTH OF OUR NATION"

     

     Introduced By: Representatives Abney, Mattiello, Shekarchi, Carson, and Morgan

     Date Introduced: May 30, 2017

     Referred To: House read and passed

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     WHEREAS, Two hundred and twenty-seven years ago, on May 29, 1790, in the City of

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Newport, the Rhode Island Constitutional Convention was convened for the purpose of resolving

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the adoption of the proposed Constitution that would create the original union and birth of the

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United States of America; and

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     WHEREAS, Fourteen years and twenty-five days had passed since the revolutionary

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English Colony of Rhode Island had declared itself separate and free from any allegiance to Great

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Britain on May 4th of 1776; and, two years, eight months, and twelve days had elapsed since the

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Philadelphia Constitutional Convention had adopted the proposed Constitution for the United

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States of America on September 17th of 1787; and

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     WHEREAS, On a vote of thirty-four to thirty-two, Rhode Island's Constitutional

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Delegation adopted the proposed Constitution of the United States of America; and, thus, became

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the thirteenth and last of the original states ratifying the Constitution and completing the national

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Union; and

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     WHEREAS, When the deciding vote was cast, the great bell of the Second Baptist

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Church on Farewell Street rang joyously, precipitating an exuberant carillon of all Newport's

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church bells; and, the dancing in the streets of the City of Providence combined with great

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celebrations across the countryside, heralding the newborn sovereign State of Rhode Island and

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Providence Plantations, the Hope State, and marking the "Birth of Our Nation"; and

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     WHEREAS, By Rhode Island's revolutionary legislative action, the United States of

 

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America had been formally born in Liberty and Justice; and, the Hope of the Nation's Founding

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Fathers had been realized: E pluribus unum - One from many: Our Nation's motto. HOPE: Rhode

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Island's motto. Rhode Island: Our Nation's Birthplace; now, therefore be it

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     RESOLVED, That this General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island and Providence

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Plantations hereby commemorates the 227th Anniversary Celebration Of "Hope Day: Birth Of

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Our Nation"; and be it further

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     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

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transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to the Honorable Governor Gina Raimondo, the

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Honorable Governors of the other twelve Original States, the Mayors or Administrators of Rhode

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Island's thirty-nine Cities and Towns, and George Brian Sullivan, Ph.D., Executive Director,

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Newportant Foundation.

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