Introduced
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To designate September 11 through September 17 of each year as Patriot Week in Michigan, in which people and groups are encouraged to participate “by honoring and celebrating the First Principles, key historical figures, founding documents, and symbols of America to renew the spirit of America.”<br>The measure recognizes Thomas Paine, Patrick Henry, John Adams, John Marshall, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, Martin Luther King, Jr., Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison as “exceptional, visionary, and indispensable.”<br>It also recognizes the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, Marbury v Madison, Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions, the Gettysburg Address, the Emancipation Proclamation, and the I Have A Dream speech as “key documents that embody America's First Principles and have advanced American liberty”.
Referred to the Committee on Government Operations
