SJR40: Joint Resolution Text

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2001 - 2002 LEGISLATURE

2001 Senate JOINT RESOLUTION 40

September 20, 2001 - Introduced by Senators Zien, Schultz, Burke, Huelsman, Roessler, Welch, Darling, Harsdorf and Lazich, cosponsored by Representatives Suder, Musser, Vrakas, Schneider, Kreibich, Huebsch, Albers, Ladwig, Owens, Turner, Balow, Urban, Freese, Gronemus, Rhoades, Plale, Hahn, Skindrud, Ott, Sykora, Krawczyk, Lassa, Gunderson, Ryba, Pettis, Petrowski and Starzyk. Referred to Committee on Health, Utilities, Veterans and Military Affairs.

SJR40,1,2 Relating to: urging the U.S. Congress to designate The Highground Veterans Memorial Park a national park or a national monument.

SJR40,1,4 Whereas, in 1968, Tom Miller, holding his mortally wounded friend on a battlefield in Vietnam, made a vow that his friend's death would not be forgotten; and

SJR40,1,7 Whereas, in 1983, Miller and others, having made similar vows, explored the possibility of creating a memorial to Vietnam veterans and formally incorporated the Wisconsin Vietnam veterans memorial project a year later; and

SJR40,1,11 Whereas, the Wisconsin Vietnam Veterans Memorial Park near Neillsville, Wisconsin, later known as The Highground Veterans Memorial Park, was dedicated in 1988 to honor veterans and their families and to educate the public about the human cost of war; and

SJR40,1,15 Whereas, the Vietnam veterans tribute located at The Highground is the first veterans tribute in the United States to include a woman in the statuary and is one of the first memorials in the United States to pay specific tribute to women veterans; and

SJR40,2,3 Whereas, The Highground is home of the national Native American Vietnam veterans memorial, the first national memorial to come to the Veterans Memorial Park; and

SJR40,2,6 Whereas, the earthen dove effigy mound, measuring 100 feet from head to tail and having a 140-foot wingspan, pays tribute to those who were prisoners of war (POWs) and to those who remain missing in action (MIA); and

SJR40,2,8 Whereas, the gold star, measuring 125 feet from point to point, is a living tribute to all families who have lost a loved one during any of our nation's conflicts; and

SJR40,2,10 Whereas, the nurse statue pays tribute to all women who have served our nation; and

SJR40,2,13 Whereas, the World War II veterans tribute is a 5-foot diameter earth globe on a granite base that represents the world's involvement in this war that touched every continent in some way; and

SJR40,2,17 Whereas, the doughboy statue, with his rifle at parade rest and his right hand outstretched as in a greeting or farewell, honors World War I veterans and embodies The Highground's commitment to memorialize not war, but the services and sacrifices of veterans and their families; and

SJR40,2,19 Whereas, neither a national park nor a national monument currently exists in the state of Wisconsin; and

SJR40,2,22 Whereas, The Highground Veterans Memorial Park is a tribute to veterans and their families with national scope and significance, and may be worthy of designation as a national park or a national monument; now, therefore, be it

SJR40,2,25 Resolved by the senate, the assembly concurring, That the Wisconsin legislature urges the U.S. Congress to designate The Highground Veterans Memorial Park a national park or a national monument; and, be it further

SJR40,3,5 Resolved, That the senate chief clerk shall provide a copy of this joint resolution to the president of the United States, to the president and secretary of the U.S. Senate, to the speaker and clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, and to each member of the congressional delegation from this state attesting the adoption of this joint resolution by the 2001 legislature of the state of Wisconsin.

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