First Regular Session
Sixty-first General Assembly
LLS NO. R97@0688.01 DMR
STATE OF COLORADO
BY REPRESENTATIVES Pankey, Clarke, Dyer, Entz May, Miller, Owen, Reeser, Sinclair, and Taylor;
also SENATORS Blickensderfer, B. Alexander,
Arnold, Coffman, and Duke.
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 97-1019
WHEREAS, On December 7, 1941, United States military
personnel stationed at the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor
and surrounding military installations in Hawaii fought bravely
and with unyielding courage in the face of an overwhelming attack
launched by the Imperial Japanese Navy; and
WHEREAS, It is fitting and proper that those who
fought and died so bravely on that fateful day of December 7,
1941, while standing under the flag of the United States of America,
enduring in the face of catastrophic destruction and never conceding
that the day would be lost, even as their comrades fell around
them, should receive recognition for their valiant services in
defense of their country; and
WHEREAS, The General Assembly has previously honored
within the boundaries of the state of Colorado as the "Grand
Army of the Republic Highway"; and
WHEREAS, Such designation of "U.S. Route 6"
was made in 1939, over seventy years after the end of the Civil
War; and
WHEREAS, The General Assembly should similarly honor
those who were serving their country in the Armed Forces at Pearl
Harbor and surrounding military installations in Hawaii on December
7, 1941, by designating the portion of "Interstate Highway
70" that is within the boundaries of the state of Colorado
as the "Pearl Harbor Memorial Highway"; now, therefore,
Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives
of the Sixtyfirst General Assembly of the State of Colorado,
the Senate concurring herein:
That the General Assembly request to the state Transportation
Commission that so much of the interstate highway known as "Interstate
Highway 70" as is within the boundaries of the state of Colorado,
shall be designated and known as the "Pearl Harbor Memorial
Highway" and that suitable markers, monuments, or signage
be paid for by donations to the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association
of Colorado and be placed upon said highway at points to be determined
by the Commission.