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107TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. J. RES. 107

To commend Sail Boston for its continuing advancement of the maritime

heritage of nations, its commemoration of the nautical history of the

United States, and its promotion, encouragement, and support of young

cadets through training.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JULY 24, 2002

Mr. LYNCH introduced the following joint resolution; which was referred to the

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the

Committee on International Relations, 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

JOINT RESOLUTION

To commend Sail Boston for its continuing advancement

of the maritime heritage of nations, its commemoration

of the nautical history of the United States, and its

promotion, encouragement, and support of young cadets

through training.

Whereas Sail Boston is a nonprofit corporation dedicated to

the promotion of sail training and sail training events in

an effort to build goodwill among the nations of the

world by encouraging international sailing competition

and gathering of tall ships in the United States;

Whereas Sail Boston has successfully promoted the United

States in the international tall ship community since
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1992 with its organization of numerous tall ship events

in Boston and in the Great Lakes;

Whereas Sail Boston has worked for more than a decade in

partnership with the American Sail Training Association

in organizing and implementing tall ship gatherings in

the United States to emphasize and promote the values

of learning and education at sea;

Whereas Sail Boston has successfully established a unique

reputation in the celebration of major sailing events and

milestones in the maritime history of the United States;

Whereas Sail Boston has served as an organizer for the bicentennial celebration in our country’s oldest commissioned warship, the U.S.S. Constitution, in 1997 and was

selected by the International Sail Training Association of

London as Port Organizer for the gathering of the

world’s tall ships in Boston in 1992 and again in 2000

as part of our country’s millennium celebration;

Whereas Sail Boston promoted and implemented one of the

world’s largest tall ship events in the history of sail training in the year 2000, when over 7,500,000 people welcomed a gathering of 145 international and domestic tall

ships, representing 34 countries, to the port of Boston;

and

Whereas Sail Boston will continue its international goodwill

promotions with a gathering of tall ships in Boston in

2004: Now, therefore, be it

1 Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives

2 of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 That—
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1 (1) Sail Boston is hereby commended for its ex2 cellence in the promotion of tall ship and maritime

3 events in Boston and in ports throughout the United

4 States, and in its work with the American Sail

5 Training Association for the promotion and encour6 agement of young cadets through training programs,

7 seamanship, and education at sea;

8 (2) all Americans and citizens of nations

9 throughout the world are encouraged to join in the

10 international friendship and support that Sail Bos11 ton and the American Sail Training Association will

12 provide during Sail Boston 2004; and

13 (3) Sail Boston is encouraged to continue to

14 represent and promote the ports of the United

15 States in the international tall ship community, and

16 to continue to organize and participate in tall ship

17 events in the United States and around the world.

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