HJR22-1023 Summary

• Extends unqualified gratitude and thanks from the Colorado General Assembly to all United States military service members, veterans, and active duty personnel regardless of race, gender, faith, or ethnicity.

• Acknowledges over 1.3 million active duty personnel and approximately 19 million veterans serving across the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Coast Guard, Space Force, and National Guard.

• Recognizes that service members consider themselves Americans first and defend the country as one, united by the national motto "E Pluribus Unum" ("Out of many, one").

• Affirms that service to the country transcends color, race, gender, faith, or ethnicity, and honors those who have served on the front lines protecting the United States from enemies foreign and domestic.