SJR20: Joint Resolution Text

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1995 - 1996 LEGISLATURE

1995 Senate JOINT RESOLUTION 20

March 29, 1995 - Introduced by Senators Burke, Andrea, Breske, Clausing, Moen, Panzer and Zien, cosponsored by Representatives Bock, Baldus, Boyle, Dobyns, Hahn, Kreuser, Krug, Porter, Schneiders, Turner and Wirch, by request of Department of Natural Resources. Referred to Committee on Senate Organization.

SJR20,1,2 Relating to: proclaiming the Milwaukee Lake Schooner Project an official sesquicentennial project.

SJR20,1,3 Whereas, Wisconsin will celebrate 150 years of statehood in 1998; and

SJR20,1,6 Whereas, Milwaukee Lake Schooner Ltd. has proposed building a tall ship reminiscent of those found sailing the Great Lakes 150 years ago to coincide with Wisconsin's sesquicentennial; and

SJR20,1,9 Whereas, Wisconsin has long been known as a great shipbuilding state and years ago these majestic vessels were built by hundreds of settlers along Wisconsin's shores; and

SJR20,1,12 Whereas, the magnificent tall ships, and the bold men and women who sailed them on Lake Michigan more than a century ago, were responsible in large measure for the creation of our region; and

SJR20,1,14 Whereas, tall ships spurred the trade and commerce which developed this native territory into the great state of Wisconsin; and

SJR20,1,17 Whereas, more than 100 years ago traders bartered with Wisconsin's Native Americans, and the Menominee Nation has thereby donated 6 230-foot-tall, sacred, old-growth white pines for the masts of the ship; and

SJR20,2,3 Whereas, this tall ship will be used as a teaching vessel to educate Wisconsin's children and citizens about the Great Lakes ecosystem and Wisconsin's rich cultural heritage; now, therefore, be it

SJR20,2,6 Resolved by the senate, the Assembly concurring, That the Wisconsin legislature designates the Milwaukee Lake Schooner Project as an official sesquicentennial project.

SJR20,2,7 (End)