PA HR175

Designates May 20, 2025, as "Jimmy Stewart Day" in Pennsylvania, honoring the actor's birthday (born May 20, 1908, in Indiana, Pennsylvania)

Recognizes Stewart's nearly 50-year film career, including his Academy Award win for "The Philadelphia Story" (1940) and iconic role in "It's a Wonderful Life" (1946)

Acknowledges his military service, including enlisting in the U.S. Army in 1941, serving as a bomber squadron commander in Europe, and receiving the Air Medal and Distinguished Flying Cross

Notes Stewart received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1985 and an Honorary Academy Award the same year

References The Jimmy Stewart Museum, which opened in 1995 in his hometown of Indiana, Pennsylvania