City of Philadelphia - File #: 000243

• File #: 000243
• Version: 0
• Type: Privileged Resolution
• Status: ENACTED
• File created: 4/13/2000
• In control: CITY COUNCIL
• Final action: 4/13/2000
• Title: Declaring the week of April 24th through April 30th as the Anniversary of the End of the Vietnam War Commemoration Week in Philadelphia.
• Sponsors: Councilmember Mariano, Councilmember Miller, Council President Verna, Councilmember Reynolds Brown, Councilmember Clarke, Councilmember Blackwell, Councilmember Nutter, Councilmember Goode, Councilmember Rizzo, Councilmember Krajewski, Councilmember Cohen, Councilmember Longstreth, Councilmember Tasco, Councilmember Kenney, Councilmember DiCicco

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
4/13/2000	0	CITY COUNCIL	ADOPTED
4/13/2000	0	CITY COUNCIL	READ
4/13/2000	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced	Pass

Title

Declaring the week of April 24^th through April 30^th as the Anniversary of the End of the Vietnam War Commemoration Week in Philadelphia.

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WHEREAS, April 29, 2000 is the 25^th Anniversary of the fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam War; and

WHEREAS, May 7^th is the 25^th Anniversary of the end of the Vietnam era as declared by President Gerald Ford; and

WHEREAS, Many Philadelphians served our nation during the Vietnam War; and

WHEREAS, Many Philadelphians were killed and disabled in the Vietnam War; and

WHEREAS, The National Vietnam Veterans of America and Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 266 are commemorating the end of the Vietnam War and the Vietnam Era by holding several public seminars on the Vietnam War and reading the names of the 58,213 Americans on the Vietnam War Memorial; and

WHEREAS The reading of the 58,213 names will occur over a 54 hour period between Thursday April 27^th and Saturday April 29^th; now therefore

RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, That we honor Chapter 266 of the Vietnam Veterans of America for their efforts on behalf of Vietnam Veterans and all other veterans.

FURTHER RESOLVED, That the week of April 24^th through April 30^th be designated as the Anniversary of the End of the Vietnam War Commemoration Week in Philadelphia.

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