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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 667 

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

Month’’. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 1, 2024 

Mr. TUBERVILLE submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 

Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing support for the designation 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; 

Whereas the people of the United States 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; 


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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 people of the United States have earned the 

enduring respect and gratitude of the Nation: Now, 

therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 


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

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

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

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

5 (3) urges the people of the United States to re6 flect on the contributions of these heroes and to 

7 honor the memory of those who paid the ultimate 

8 sacrifice in securing the blessings of liberty for this 

9 country; and 

10 (4) requests that the President issue an annual 

11 proclamation— 

12 (A) designating May as ‘‘Fallen Heroes 

13 Memorial Month’’; 

14 (B) affirming the Nation’s everlasting 

15 gratitude for members of the Armed Forces 

16 who made the ultimate sacrifice; and 

17 (C) calling on the people of the United 

18 States to remember and honor our Nation’s 

19 fallen heroes and to pay tribute to them 

20 through volunteering and supporting veteran 

21 service organizations. 

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