2001 Senate Joint Resolution 9
ENROLLED JOINT RESOLUTION
Relating to: proclaiming April 19 as Patriot's Day.
Whereas, April 19 marks the date in 1775 when the towns of Lexington and Concord were marched upon by British regulars in an effort to confiscate local militias' munitions; and
Whereas, the result was the "shot heard around the world" and the rout of the redcoats; and
Whereas, the states of Massachusetts and Maine observe April 19 as Patriot's Day each year; and
Whereas, unlike the celebration of July 4th, Patriot's Day serves to remind citizen's of our revolution and the sacrifices endured during that 8-year struggle; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the senate, the assembly concurring, That the legislature of the state of Wisconsin proclaims April 19 of every year as Patriot's Day in the state of Wisconsin in commemoration of the opening events of the War of the Revolution and the struggle through which the nation passed in its early days.
