New York J 225: Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim March 29, 2025, as Vietnam Veterans Day in the State of New York

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J00225 Summary:

BILL NOJ00225 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORHARCKHAM

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COSPNSRSCARCELLA-SPANTON, ADDABBO, ASHBY, BAILEY, BASKIN, BORRELLO, BROUK, BYNOE, CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK,
 CHAN, CLEARE, COMRIE, COONEY, FAHY, FELDER, FERNANDEZ, GALLIVAN, GIANARIS, GONZALEZ, GOUNARDES,
 GRIFFO, HELMING, HINCHEY, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, JACKSON, KAVANAGH, KRUEGER, LANZA, LIU, MARTINEZ, MARTINS,
 MATTERA, MAY, MAYER, MURRAY, MYRIE, OBERACKER, O'MARA, ORTT, PALUMBO, PARKER, PERSAUD, RAMOS,
 RHOADS, RIVERA, ROLISON, RYAN C, RYAN S, SALAZAR, SANDERS, SEPULVEDA, SERRANO, SKOUFIS, STAVISKY,
 STEC, STEWART-COUSINS, TEDISCO, WALCZYK, WEBB, WEBER, WEIK

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BILL NOJ00225 

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01/15/2025REFERRED TO FINANCE

01/22/2025REPORTED TO CALENDAR FOR CONSIDERATION

01/22/2025ADOPTED

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Senate Resolution No. 225

BY: Senator HARCKHAM

 MEMORIALIZING Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim
 March 29, 2025, as Vietnam Veterans Day in the State
 of New York

 WHEREAS, It is the custom of this Legislative Body to recognize that
those individuals who give positive definition to the profile and
disposition of the American Armed Forces so profoundly strengthen our
shared commitment in conjunction with the exercise of freedom; and

 WHEREAS, Attendant to such concern, and in full accord with its
long-standing traditions, it is the sense of this Legislative Body to
memorialize Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim March 29, 2025, as Vietnam
Veterans Day in the State of New York, in conjunction with the
observance of National Vietnam Veterans Day; and

 WHEREAS, Members of the Armed Forces from the State of New York, who
have so honorably served this State and Nation, deserve a special salute
from this Legislative Body; and

 WHEREAS, In recognition of the men and women who served with dignity
and honor during this historic time period, let us remember them and
thank them for their service; and

 WHEREAS, The United States carried out its first combat mission
against the Viet Cong on January 12, 1962; in Operation Choppers, the
United States Army pilots lifted more than 1,000 South Vietnam service
members over jungle and underbrush to capture a National Liberation
Front (NLF) stronghold near Saigon; and

 WHEREAS, Through more than a decade of combat, over air, land, and
sea, these proud Americans upheld the highest traditions of the United
States Armed Forces; and

 WHEREAS, More than three million Americans served their country, and
more than 58,000 sacrificed their lives; the names of those lost are
forever engraved in the black granite Vietnam Memorial in Washington,
D.C.; and

 WHEREAS, The Vietnam War era was a tumultuous time in America; when
our brave service members returned home, many returned with physical and
emotional scars; and

 WHEREAS, By the end of 1965, there were 80,000 United States troops
in Vietnam, and by 1969, a peak of approximately 543,000 troops was
reached; and

 WHEREAS, On January 27, 1973, the Treaty of Paris was signed,
requiring the release of all United States prisoners of war held in
North Vietnam and the withdrawal of all United States forces from South
Vietnam; and

 WHEREAS, On May 7, 1975, the last 2,500 troops were withdrawn from
South Vietnam, thus ending American military involvement in the Vietnam
War; and

 WHEREAS, The citizens of this great State and Nation, benefactors of
the sacrifices and courageous acts of the men and women who served and
continue to serve in the United States Armed Forces, remain indebted and
are justly proud of the Vietnam veterans from the State of New York;
now, therefore, be it

 RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
memorialize Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim March 29, 2025, as Vietnam
Veterans Day in the State of New York, in conjunction with the
observance of National Vietnam Veterans Day; and be it further

 RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause further to encourage the
people of the State of New York to observe Vietnam Veterans Day with
appropriate ceremonies and activities that provide the appreciation
Vietnam War veterans deserve, but di