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2015 -- S 0942 Enacted 05/26/2015

S E N A T E   R E S O L U T I O N

DECLARING MAY 26 THROUGH MAY 31, 2015, TO BE "NAVY WEEK" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

Introduced By: Senators DiPalma, Paiva Weed, Felag, McCaffrey, and Lynch

Date Introduced: May 26, 2015

WHEREAS, The United States Office of Navy Outreach (NAVCO) began the Navy

Week program in 1985, and since then has coordinated 169 Navy Weeks in 69 cities throughout

the United States. Rhode Island, for the very first time, was one of 12 sites chosen to host Navy

Week in 2015. This celebratory event will be held from May 26th through the 31st, and will

coincide with the annual Rhode Island Air National Guard show at Quonset State Airport; and

WHEREAS, The purpose behind Navy Week in Rhode Island is to provide interested

citizens with the opportunity to learn about the United States Navy and its importance to our

nation. The public will get to meet and honor Navy service personnel, learn about the technology

behind the construction and operation of various ships, and to learn about the vital work Navy

personnel do for our nation on a daily basis; and

WHEREAS, Thankfully, the United States has the most powerful navy in the world and it

dutifully and vigilantly protects America’s vital interests across the globe, deters and prevents

wars, and ensures that the world’s sea lanes remain free to allow the flow of commerce and

information everywhere in the world; and

WHEREAS, The United States Navy has had a presence in Rhode Island since the

Revolutionary War. It has gone on to establish an experimental torpedo station on Goat Island in

1869, the United States Naval War College in Newport in 1884, and is the home of Naval Station

Newport, the Navy’s Center of Excellence in Officer and Senior Enlisted Education and Training;

and

WHEREAS, The United States Navy, from the Revolutionary War to the Civil War, from

World War II to the Cold War, has always served valiantly in defense of our nation to preserve,

protect and defend our precious freedoms. From the heroics in the Battle of Midway during

World War II, to the exploits of the Navy Seals, Navy Aviators, and its "Silent Service"

submarine heroes, the exploits of the United States Navy, in the defense of liberty, will forever be

remembered by a nation grateful to be living in a peaceful, prosperous and free society; now,

therefore be it

RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

hereby declares May 26 through May 31, 2015, to be "Navy Week" in this state; and be it further

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

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Captain Dennis Boyer, Naval Station, Newport.

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