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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1188 

Expressing support for the month of May as ‘‘Fallen Heroes Memorial 

Month’’. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 1, 2024 

Mr. BISHOP of North Carolina (for himself, Mrs. LUNA, Mr. OGLES, and Mr. 

ARMSTRONG) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 

the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on 

Veterans’ Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 

Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 

the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing support for the month of May as ‘‘Fallen Heroes 

Memorial Month’’. 

Whereas, since the signing of the Declaration of Independence and the founding of the United States, more than 

1,300,000 members of the Armed Forces have given their 

lives for the cause of liberty, both in the United States 

and around the world; 

Whereas the people of the United States owe a profound debt 

to those who served the Nation in uniform and made the 

ultimate sacrifice so that their countrymen could live 

freely; 


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Whereas the American people have an obligation to honor the 

memories of the fallen and to commemorate those brave 

men and women who gave their lives to the cause of freedom; 

Whereas Abraham Lincoln said, ‘‘[A]ll that a man hath will 

he give for his life; and while all contribute of their substance the soldier puts his life at stake, and often yields 

it up in his country’s cause. The highest merit, then is 

due to the soldier.’’; 

Whereas in an address to the Armed Forces in 1945, President Harry S. Truman said, ‘‘Our debt to the heroic men 

and valiant women in the service of our country can 

never be repaid. They have earned our undying gratitude.’’; 

Whereas the history of Memorial Day began 3 years after the 

American Civil War, with the Grand Army of the Republic establishing Decoration Day as a day for honoring the 

Civil War dead by decorating their graves with flowers, 

with New York being the first to adopt it as a State holiday in 1873, and with all the Union States having adopted it by 1890; 

Whereas in the aftermath of World War I and World War 

II, Memorial Day became a day to remember and honor 

all members of the United States Armed Forces who 

fought and died on behalf of their country; 

Whereas Congress made the observance of Memorial Day, at 

the time still often called Decoration Day, a Federal holiday in 1971; and 

Whereas the over 1,300,000 members of the United States 

Armed Forces who over the centuries gave their lives in 

service to the American people have earned the enduring 


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respect and gratitude of the Nation: Now, therefore, be 

it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) honors the more than 1,300,000 veterans 

3 who gave their lives in service to the United States; 

4 (2) recognizes the families and loved ones of the 

5 Nation’s fallen heroes and lifts them up in prayer; 

6 (3) urges the people of the United States to re7 flect on the contributions of America’s heroes and to 

8 honor the memory of those who paid the ultimate 

9 sacrifice in securing the blessings of liberty for our 

10 country; and 

11 (4) requests that the President issue an annual 

12 proclamation— 

13 (A) designating ‘‘Fallen Heroes Memorial 

14 Month’’; 

15 (B) affirming the Nation’s everlasting 

16 gratitude for members of the Armed Forces 

17 who made the ultimate sacrifice; and 

18 (C) calling on Americans to remember and 

19 honor our Nation’s fallen heroes and to pay 

20 tribute to them through volunteering and sup21 porting veteran service organizations. 

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