SCR 113: requesting the governor to issue a proclamation designating hawaii as a purple heart state on august 7, 2025.

SENATE CONCURRENT

RESOLUTION

requesting the governor to issue a proclamation designating hawaii as a purple heart state on august 7, 2025.

     WHEREAS, the Purple Heart is one of the most recognized, respected, and oldest military decorations awarded to members of the United States Armed Forces; and

     WHEREAS, the Purple Heart is awarded to those service members who have been injured or killed in military service to the United States; and

     WHEREAS, the act of sustaining a wound or sacrificing one's life in the line of military duty has been recognized as a singularly meritorious act of extraordinary fidelity service warranting receipt of the Purple Heart; and

     WHEREAS, meritorious acts of extraordinary fidelity service are the foundation of many of the modern freedoms enjoyed by the people of this country; and

     WHEREAS, the Legislature finds it proper for the State to specifically honor the sacrifices of service members who have received the Purple Heart; and

     WHEREAS, several other state legislatures have acknowledged and respected Purple Heart recipients by designating their jurisdictions as Purple Heart States; and

     WHEREAS, August 7 is recognized as National Purple Heart Day; now, therefore,

     BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Thirty-third Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2025, the House of Representatives concurring, that the Governor is requested to issue a proclamation designating Hawaii as a Purple Heart State on August 7, 2025; and

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Governor.

Report Title: 

Purple Heart State; National Purple Heart Day