2012
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 12-1007
       
       BY REPRESENTATIVE(S) Barker and Ryden, Todd, Acree,
       Balmer, Baumgardner, Becker, Beezley, Bradford, Brown, Casso,
       Conti, Coram, Court, DelGrosso, Duran, Fields, Fischer, Gardner
       B., Gerou, Hamner, Holbert, Hullinghorst, Jones, Joshi, Kagan,
       Kefalas, Kerr A., Kerr J., Labuda, Lee, Levy, Liston, Looper,
       Massey, McCann, McKinley, Miklosi, Murray, Nikkel, Pabon, Pace,
       Peniston, Priola, Ramirez, Schafer S., Scott, Solano, Sonnenberg,
       Soper, Stephens, Summers, Swalm, Swerdfeger, Szabo, Tyler, Vaad,
       Vigil, Waller, Williams A., Wilson, Young, McNulty;
       also SENATOR(S) Neville, Aguilar, Bacon, Boyd, Brophy, Cadman,
       Carroll, Foster, Giron, Grantham, Guzman, Harvey, Heath, Hodge,
       Hudak, Jahn, Johnston, King K., Lambert, Lundberg, Mitchell,
       Morse, Newell, Nicholson, Renfroe, Roberts, Scheffel, Schwartz,
       Steadman, Tochtrop, White, Williams S., Shaffer B.
       
          CONCERNING RECOGNITION OF MILITARY PERSONNEL
       FROM COLORADO WHO DIED DURING SPECIFIC MILITARY
       CONFLICTS, INCLUDING THOSE KILLED AFTER
       SEPTEMBER 11, 2001, DURING THE WAR ON TERRORISM,
       INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THOSE KILLED IN
       AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ. 
       
       
          WHEREAS, The Fallen Heroes Memorial Commission was
       established by statute in 2007 through the passage of Senate Bill 07-086
       to erect memorials to commemorate the lives of Coloradans who died
       during specific military conflicts; and
       
          WHEREAS, Designs have been completed, and materials for
       construction have been located in Colorado; and
       
       
          WHEREAS, A fund has been established to collect gifts, grants, and
       donations for the construction and preservation of the memorial; and
       
          WHEREAS, A 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization has been established
       to administer the funds, construction, and preservation of the memorials;
       now, therefore,
       
          Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Sixty-eighth
       General Assembly of the State of Colorado, the Senate concurring herein:
       
          That we, the members of the Sixty-eighth General Assembly of the
       state of Colorado:
       
          (1)  Reaffirm our commitment to the construction and preservation of
       a memorial honoring the fallen heroes who have given their lives in
       service to their country during World War I, World War II, the Korean
       War, the Vietnam War, the Persian Gulf conflicts, and the War on
       Terrorism, including in Iraq and Afghanistan; and
       
          (2)  Encourage continued donations for the memorial through
       coloradofallenheroesmemorial.org or the Fallen Heroes Memorial Fund
       care of Rebecca Rippeto Kim, P.O. Box 462571, Aurora, Colorado,
       80046-2571; and
       
          (3)  Express our gratitude to these fallen men and women, and to their
       families, for their commitment to the cause of freedom.
       
       
       
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       Frank McNulty                    Brandon C. Shaffer 
       SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE                    PRESIDENT OF
       OF REPRESENTATIVES                        THE SENATE
       
       
       
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       Marilyn Eddins                        Cindi Markwell
       CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE                SECRETARY OF
OF REPRESENTATIVES                        THE SENATE