IV 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 427 
Expressing support for designation of May 29, 2014, as a national day 
of remembrance honoring the late President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 
the 35th President of the United States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 21, 2013 
Mr. LARSON of Connecticut (for himself, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. COURTNEY, Ms. 
DELAURO, Mr. HIMES, Ms. ESTY, Mr. NEAL, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. 
TSONGAS, Mr. TIERNEY, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. KEATING, Ms. 
PINGREE of Maine, Mr. MICHAUD, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Ms. KUSTER, Mr. 
CICILLINE, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. WELCH, Mr. NOLAN, Mr. MORAN, Mr. 
CONNOLLY, Mr. PASCRELL, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, and Mr. 
KING of New York) submitted the following resolution; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing support for designation of May 29, 2014, as 
a national day of remembrance honoring the late Presi-
dent John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th President of 
the United States. 
Whereas President Kennedy was born on May 29, 1917, in 
Brookline, Massachusetts; 
Whereas he served his country honorably in World War II, 
in the Navy, narrowly escaping death in 1943 when his 
PT boat was sunk by a destroyer; 
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•HRES 427 IH 
Whereas he bravely led survivors to safety, despite his own 
grave injuries and was awarded the Navy and Marine 
Corps Medal, as well as a Purple Heart, for his leader-
ship and courage; 
Whereas he heeded the call to public service and was elected 
to serve Massachusetts’ 11th Congressional District in 
1946, and served three terms in the U.S. House of Rep-
resentatives; 
Whereas then-Congressman Kennedy would promote the in-
terests of his working class district by serving on the dis-
tinguished Committees on Education, the District of Co-
lumbia, and the Joint Committee on Labor-Management 
Relations, and as a House Member, introducing legisla-
tion to support primary and secondary education, 
strengthening employment protections, and protecting 
housing rights for returning veterans; 
Whereas he was then elected to serve in the U.S. Senate in 
1952 and served two terms, representing the great Com-
monwealth of Massachusetts; 
Whereas then-Senator Kennedy served on the Committees for 
Labor and Public Welfare, Government Operations, For-
eign Relations, and the Joint Economic Committee; 
Whereas he authored Profiles in Courage to tell the stories 
of political leaders who defied public opinion in order to 
vote their conscience and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize 
for biography in 1957; 
Whereas he was then elected President of the United States 
in 1960, being the youngest person elected to our Na-
tion’s highest office; 
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•HRES 427 IH 
Whereas he led the way for Catholic-Americans to achieve the 
highest office in the land as the first Catholic President 
of the United States; 
Whereas in his inaugural address, he challenged the Nation 
and its citizens to, ‘‘Ask not what your country can do 
for you—ask what you can do for your country’’, and 
asked the nations of the world to come together to fight 
the ‘‘common enemies of man: tyranny, poverty, disease, 
and war itself’’; 
Whereas the President understood the importance of service 
to others, and that the strength of the United States 
rests not in its military prowess, but in its generosity to 
our neighbors across the globe, he sent young Americans 
out to serve the world in the first generation of Peace 
Corps volunteers; 
Whereas the President sought to make good on the 100-year- 
old promise of the Civil War by finally bringing true 
equality to all Americans through a Civil Rights Act; 
Whereas the President strove to make the United States of 
America the most technologically advanced country on 
Earth, and in doing so inspired an entire generation of 
young people to reach for the stars, by putting us on the 
path to sending a man to the moon; 
Whereas we also honor the Kennedy family for their commit-
ment to the Nation and the generations they inspired to 
also enter into public service; and 
Whereas May 29, 2014, would be an appropriate date for a 
national day of remembrance in honor of John Fitzgerald 
Kennedy: Now, therefore, be it 
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•HRES 427 IH 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives supports 
the designation of a national day of remembrance in honor 
of John Fitzgerald Kennedy. 
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