A resolution celebrating the 200th August Quarterly Festival taking place from August 18, 2013, through August 25, 2013, in Wilmington, Delaware.

Bill: 113-sres-199
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2013-07-25
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays

Congressional tributes

Delaware

Racial and ethnic relations

Religion
Latest action: action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6259)

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-07-25
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Celebrates the 200th August Quarterly Festival taking place from August 18-25 2013 in Wilmington, Delaware. </p> <p>Recognizes the historical significance of the Festival and the role it has played since 1814 in celebrating faith, community, culture, and freedom.</p> <p>Honors the life of leadership, faith, and service of Peter Spencer, founder of the African Union Church and of the Festival.</p> <p>Recognizes the service volunteers and religious leaders who ensure that the legacy of Peter Spencer lives on through the continuation of the Festival. </p>

action_date: 2013-08-01
action_desc: Passed Senate without amendment
text: <p><b>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)</b></p> <p>Celebrates the 200th August Quarterly Festival taking place from August 18-25 2013 in Wilmington, Delaware. </p> <p>Recognizes the historical significance of the Festival and the role it has played since 1814 in celebrating faith, community, culture, and freedom.</p> <p>Honors the life of leadership, faith, and service of Peter Spencer, founder of the African Union Church and of the Festival.</p> <p>Recognizes the service volunteers and religious leaders who ensure that the legacy of Peter Spencer lives on through the continuation of the Festival. </p>

tv_txt: III 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. RES. 199 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 25, 2013 Mr. Coons submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary RESOLUTION Celebrating the 200th August Quarterly Festival taking place from August 18, 2013, through August 25, 2013, in Wilmington, Delaware.

Whereas, 200 years before the date of agreement to this resolution, in 1813, Peter Spencer founded the African Union Church, 1 of the first African-American institutions legally incorporated within the United States; Whereas, 1 year later, in 1814, Spencer and the African Union Church convened the first August Quarterly meeting and festival in Wilmington, Delaware, bringing thousands of African-Americans together to celebrate their faith; Whereas the August Quarterly (or Big Quarterly ) Festival became a meeting place for African-Americans celebrating freedom, sharing in solidarity, and looking for relatives lost or sold in the institution of slavery, and a means through which Harriett Tubman and other conductors and station masters of the Underground Railroad met with those looking to escape the bonds of slavery; Whereas the August Quarterly Festival is well recognized as the longest continuously celebrated African-American festival in the United States; and Whereas, from August 18, 2013, through August 25, 2013, thousands of people will come together in Wilmington, Delaware, to celebrate the 200th August Quarterly Festival: Now, therefore, be it

That the Senate— (1) celebrates the 200th August Quarterly Festival taking place from August 18, 2013, through August 25, 2013; (2) recognizes the historical significance of the August Quarterly Festival and the role the festival has played since 1814 in celebrating faith, community, culture, and freedom; (3) honors the life of leadership, faith, and service of Peter Spencer, founder of the African Union Church and of the August Quarterly Festival; and (4) recognizes the service volunteers and religious leaders who ensure that the legacy of Peter Spencer lives on through the continuation of the August Quarterly Festival.

tv_txt: III 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. RES. 199 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 25, 2013 Mr. Coons (for himself and Mr. Carper ) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary August 1, 2013 Committee discharged; considered and agreed to RESOLUTION Celebrating the 200th August Quarterly Festival taking place from August 18, 2013, through August 25, 2013, in Wilmington, Delaware.

Whereas, 200 years before the date of agreement to this resolution, in 1813, Peter Spencer founded the African Union Church, 1 of the first African-American institutions legally incorporated within the United States; Whereas, 1 year later, in 1814, Spencer and the African Union Church convened the first August Quarterly meeting and festival in Wilmington, Delaware, bringing thousands of African-Americans together to celebrate their faith; Whereas the August Quarterly (or Big Quarterly ) Festival became a meeting place for African-Americans celebrating freedom, sharing in solidarity, and looking for relatives lost or sold in the institution of slavery, and a means through which Harriett Tubman and other conductors and station masters of the Underground Railroad met with those looking to escape the bonds of slavery; Whereas the August Quarterly Festival is well recognized as the longest continuously celebrated African-American festival in the United States; and Whereas, from August 18, 2013, through August 25, 2013, thousands of people will come together in Wilmington, Delaware, to celebrate the 200th August Quarterly Festival: Now, therefore, be it

That the Senate— (1) celebrates the 200th August Quarterly Festival taking place from August 18, 2013, through August 25, 2013; (2) recognizes the historical significance of the August Quarterly Festival and the role the festival has played since 1814 in celebrating faith, community, culture, and freedom; (3) honors the life of leadership, faith, and service of Peter Spencer, founder of the African Union Church and of the August Quarterly Festival; and (4) recognizes the service volunteers and religious leaders who ensure that the legacy of Peter Spencer lives on through the continuation of the August Quarterly Festival.