07 LC 36
0561S
The
House Committee on Rules offers the following substitute to HR 258:
A
RESOLUTION
Commending
the Vietnamese community in Georgia and recognizing the community´s pride
in their "Vietnamese Heritage and Freedom Flag"; and for other
purposes.
WHEREAS,
Vietnamese Americans were forced to flee their homeland in fear of the communist
government´s campaign of retribution and persecution after the fall of
Saigon in 1975; and
WHEREAS,
a significant number of the Vietnamese refugees who entered the United States
settled in Georgia, and in the ensuing years, they have proven themselves to be
honest, intelligent, loyal citizens of this state and of the United States,
contributing greatly in the areas of business, commerce, and culture;
and
WHEREAS,
virtually all of our Vietnamese American citizens embrace the "Heritage and
Freedom Flag," which appears as three red stripes on a saffron background, as
the symbol of their community and their cultural identity, representing freedom,
democracy, and the legendary resilience of the Vietnamese people;
and
WHEREAS,
the Vietnamese American community continues to flourish and to demonstrate the
spirit and love of freedom which America embraces, and it is only proper that
the tangible symbol of that spirit, the "Heritage and Freedom Flag," be
recognized as the official flag of the Vietnamese American community in
Georgia.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA that the members of
this body commend the Vietnamese community in Georgia for their many triumphs
and successes in the years following the collapse of their government in 1975
and recognize the community´s pride in their "Vietnamese Heritage and
Freedom Flag."
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized
and directed to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to the public
and the press.