R 248 |
2019 -- H 6052 Enacted 05/01/2019 |
H O U S E R E S O L U T I O N |
COMMEMORATING THE CRANSTON HISTORICAL CEMETERY COMMISSION'S DEDICATION AT HISTORIC CEMETRY #36 – CAPTAIN PHILIP SHELDON LOT |
Introduced By: Representatives Mattiello, Quattrocchi, Millea, Jacquard, and Lima |
Date Introduced: May 01, 2019 |
WHEREAS, The Cranston Historical Cemetery Commission was established by the |
Cranston City Council and is a group of volunteers appointed by the city to locate, assess, |
document, and supply signage for Cranston’s historic cemeteries; and |
WHEREAS, The Commission also provides leadership for all citizens who volunteer to |
do work assisting in the maintenance and care of the City's historical cemeteries; and |
WHEREAS, On May 5, 2019, a ceremony and dedication of the Captain Philip Sheldon |
Lot will honor four outstanding veterans who helped to secure America's independence, and who |
are interred there; and |
WHEREAS, In preparation for the event, extensive restoration work comprised of myriad |
in-kind donations including, the rebuilding of the stairway down to the cemetery by the |
Bricklayers and Allied Craftsmen Local 3, brush clean-up by numerous volunteers, and in-depth |
research by the Commission in order to identify relatives of the Sheldon Family and honored |
veterans who served during the American War of Independence, was donated and completed; and |
WHEREAS, The four heroic veterans being honored are Captain Philip Sheldon, Captain |
James Hawkins, Captain Elisha Arnold, and Captain Jonathan Pitcher, who is credited as being |
one of the "Founding Fathers" of the United States Navy; and |
WHEREAS, The dedication of the Cranston Discovery Network sign which describes the |
importance of the cemetery is also being unveiled; and |
WHEREAS, It is fitting and right to pay homage to those Americans who proffered their |
extraordinary service, sacrifice, and heroics in defense of our freedom, and to maintain and |
document this austerely beautiful place for them to rest for eternity; now, therefore be it |
RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island and |
Providence Plantations hereby commemorates the Cranston Historical Cemetery Commission's |
dedication at Historic Cemetery #36 – Captain Philip Sheldon Lot; 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 Gregg A. Mierka, Chair of the Cranston |
Historical Cemetery Commission. |
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