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IN HCR0039
Concurrent Resolution
Status
4/1/2021
Primary Sponsor
Jeffrey Thompson
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AI Summary
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Designates the official salute to the Indiana State Flag as: "O, blue and gold, with torch of old, / Enlighten our path with hope. / Hoosiers, we look up to thee / And pledge our all to liberty"
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The salute was written by Gretchen Aggertt Weber and selected from 112 entries in the 2016 "Salute Indiana!" competition sponsored by Indiana Daughters of the American Revolution
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The competition was approved by the State Bicentennial Commission as an Official Legacy Project to celebrate Indiana's bicentennial in 2016
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A five-judge panel including Chief Justice Loretta Rush and Major General Courtney Carr selected the winning entry on October 19, 2016
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The salute was first publicly used on October 29, 2016, at a statewide gathering of approximately 300 Indiana Daughters of the American Revolution members
Legislative Description
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION designating a salute to the Indiana State Flag.
Last Action
Referred to the Senate
4/1/2021