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AZ SCR1002

Concurrent Resolution

Official Source

Status

Prefiled

N/A

Primary Sponsor

Sylvia Allen

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Origin

Senate

Fifty-second Legislature - Second Regular Session (2016)

AI Summary

  • Declares Arizona to be a Purple Heart State and proclaims December 7, 2016 as Arizona Purple Heart Day.

  • Recognizes the Purple Heart as the oldest military decoration in present use, established by General George Washington on August 7, 1782, during the Revolutionary War.

  • Honors the approximately 1.7 million Purple Heart recipients in the nation's history, including many from Arizona, who were wounded in combat or killed in action.

  • Directs the legislature to support efforts to pay special tribute to current and former members of the U.S. armed forces who received the Purple Heart and to honor families of fallen Purple Heart recipients.

Legislative Description

Purple heart state; day

Last Action

Prefiled

1/4/2016

Full Bill Text

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