TITLE: Directing the Texas Historical Commission to work with the City of Austin to honor the memory of President John F. Kennedy with an official Texas Historical Marker at or near the site of the Austin Municipal Auditorium.

SUMMARY: Directing the Texas Historical Commission to work with the City of Austin to honor the memory of President John F. Kennedy with an official Texas Historical Marker at or near the site of the Austin Municipal Auditorium.

FULL TEXT:
WHEREAS, In November 1963, many Texans were anticipating a two-day visit to their state by President John F. Kennedy; and WHEREAS, The president's itinerary included stops in Dallas, San Antonio, Houston, Fort Worth, and the capital of the Lone Star State, where he was to appear at the Municipal Auditorium on November 22; the speech he planned to deliver in Austin that evening included memories of his 1960 campaign tour of Texas with then vice presidential candidate Lyndon B. Johnson and concluded with a call for unity and renewed confidence in American ideals; and WHEREAS, The assassination of President Kennedy in Dallas on November 22, 1963, forever changed the United States of America and its people; in the aftermath of that tragedy, the planned visit to Austin became a somber footnote in the annals of Texas and the United States; and WHEREAS, The placement of a Texas Historical Marker near the auditorium would serve to remind future generations of President Kennedy's leadership and his special interest in the citizens of the Lone Star State; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the 82nd Legislature of the State of Texas, 1st Called Session, hereby direct the Texas Historical Commission to work with the City of Austin to develop a unique design for an official Texas Historical Marker in honor of President Kennedy, to be paid for entirely with funds raised privately for this purpose, for placement on or near the site of the Austin Municipal Auditorium; and, be it further RESOLVED, That such marker include these words from President Kennedy's intended remarks: For our Country is moving and it must not stop. It cannot stop. Let us stand together with renewed confidence in our cause--united in our heritage of the past and hopes for the future--and determined that this land we love shall lead all mankind into new frontiers of peace and abundance. and, be it further RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward an official copy of this resolution to the chair of the Texas Historical Commission.