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To designate Ohio Vietnam Veterans' Memorial Park in | 1 |
the Village of Clinton, County of Summit, Ohio, as | 2 |
the home of the Ohio Vietnam Veterans' Memorial | 3 |
Park for the entire State of Ohio. | 4 |
WHEREAS, Many Ohioans fought and died in the Vietnam War; and | 5 |
WHEREAS, The Ohio Vietnam Veterans' Memorial Park Committee, | 6 |
a nonprofit organization, is dedicated to raising money to | 7 |
construct and maintain an Ohio memorial in the village of | 8 |
Clinton, Ohio, to honor all of Ohio's veterans from all wars; and | 9 |
WHEREAS, Land upon which the Ohio Vietnam Veterans' Memorial | 10 |
Park is being constructed has been dedicated within the Clinton | 11 |
Cemetery to honor members of the United States Armed Forces from | 12 |
Ohio who served in all wars; and | 13 |
WHEREAS, A black granite wall will be the main focus of the | 14 |
Park and will list the names of the 3,095 Ohio natives that gave | 15 |
their lives during the Vietnam War, bricks with the names of | 16 |
service members from all wars and monuments honoring all branches | 17 |
of service will pave the way to the center of the Park, and | 18 |
monuments, benches, and trees of remembrance throughout the Park | 19 |
will honor all Ohio veterans from all wars; and | 20 |
WHEREAS, The Park's goals are to honor the service and | 21 |
sacrifice of all members of the Armed Forces of the United States, to serve as a source of solace and pride to the families and | 23 |
comrades of the veterans honored there who gave a most precious | 24 |
gift that can never be repaid, and to let those members and their | 25 |
families and comrades know that the cost of freedom is not | 26 |
forgotten; now therefore be it | 27 |
RESOLVED, That we, the members of the 128th General Assembly | 28 |
of the State of Ohio, in adopting this resolution, designate the | 29 |
Village of Clinton, County of Summit, Ohio, as the home of the | 30 |
Ohio Vietnam Veterans' Memorial Park, a memorial to Ohio veterans | 31 |
from all wars; and be it further | 32 |
RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the House of Representatives | 33 |
transmit duly authenticated copies of this resolution to the news | 34 |
media of Ohio and to the Village of Clinton, County of Summit, | 35 |
Ohio. | 36 |