SR 3 Summary

• Senate Resolution commemorating President George Washington's birthday, celebrated on February 16, 2015 (third Monday in February)

• Honors Washington's military leadership during the American Revolution, including his strategy that led to British Army defeats at Saratoga in 1777 and Yorktown in 1781

• Recognizes Washington's commissioning of six privately owned schooners known as "George Washington's Secret Navy" in 1775 to intercept British supply ships, which inspired creation of the United States Navy

• Acknowledges Washington's role presiding over the 1787 Constitutional Convention and his service as first president from 1789 to 1797, establishing governmental customs including the cabinet system and inaugural address

• Declares the Arkansas Senate honors Washington as a natural leader who united the colonies and territories into a nation