Recognizing the contributions of the Women In Military Service For America Memorial ("the Military Women's Memorial").

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1497 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1497

  Recognizing the contributions of the Women In Military Service For 
         America Memorial (``the Military Women's Memorial'').


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 29, 2022

    Mrs. Lawrence (for herself, Ms. Dean, Miss Gonzalez-Colon, Mrs. 
   Cammack, Ms. Sherrill, and Ms. Houlahan) submitted the following 
 resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 
and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Recognizing the contributions of the Women In Military Service For 
         America Memorial (``the Military Women's Memorial'').

Whereas the Military Women's Memorial remains America's only major national 
        memorial to honor and tell the stories of the Nation's 3,000,000 women 
        who have served in the Nation's defense, beginning with the American 
        Revolution;
Whereas over the past 25 years, the Military Women's Memorial has educated 
        millions of visitors and the American public about the service, 
        commitment, and contributions of women to the Nation's defense;
Whereas the Military Women's Memorial has created a one-of-a-kind repository, 
        which, to date, has catalogued and preserved some 304,000 women's 
        records of military service and makes them accessible to visitors and 
        online;
Whereas the Military Women's Memorial has created the largest of its kind, 
        world-class archive of artifacts and memorabilia related to women's 
        military service, with over 8,000 donations, including photographs, 
        documents, textiles, artifacts, and audiovisual material representing 
        all eras and services of American women's military history;
Whereas the Military Women's Memorial created and maintains a growing oral 
        history collection of some 1,400 accounts of women's heroism, service, 
        and sacrifice from World War I to the present;
Whereas the Military Women's Memorial is the leading resource about military 
        women and their service for scholars, journalists, and researchers from 
        around the world, with a research library of over 1,500 books by and 
        about military women; and
Whereas the Military Women's Memorial serves as a touchstone destination for 
        hundreds of annual Honor Flights, military ceremonies, and retirements 
        and a gathering point for military and service organizations from across 
        the country: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives recognizes the Military 
Women's Memorial for its 25 years of service as America's only 
historical repository to document the service of all the Nation's 
military women, and for educating and inspiring the public through 
engaging exhibitions, its world-class collections, and meaningful 
programs and events for all generations.
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