HR540 Summary

• Official dedication ceremonies for the National Veterans Shrine at the American Village in Montevallo, Alabama are scheduled for November 10, 2013

• The National Veterans Shrine will honor the patriotic service and sacrifice of U.S. Armed Forces veterans and active military service members through a Veterans Register of Honor featuring photographs, biographical sketches, and personal stories

• The shrine is patterned after Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, the meeting place of the First Continental Congress, and will educate future generations about liberty and those who defended it

• The Alabama House of Representatives invites former President George W. Bush, the 43rd President of the United States, to speak at the official dedication on November 10, 2013

• A copy of this resolution will be transmitted to former President Bush and Mrs. George W. Bush as an expression of Alabama's hospitality and invitation to attend