Session of 2000
House Concurrent Resolution No. 5068
By Representatives Johnston, Alldritt,
Ballard, Barnes, Crow, Dean, Far-
mer,
Feuerborn, Findley, Flaharty, Flora, Garner, Gatewood, Gilbert,
Grant,
Gregory, Haley, Helgerson, Henderson, Humerickhouse, Kirk,
Klein,
Krehbiel, Larkin, Mason, Mayans, McClure, McCreary, Mc-
Kinney,
Merrick, Minor, Myers, O'Brien, Pauls, Phelps, Pottorff, Pow-
ell,
Powers, Ray, Reardon, Sharp, Showalter, Shultz, Sloan, Storm,
Tanner,
Thimesch, Toelkes, Vining, Wagle, Weiland, Wells, and
Welshimer
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17 A
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing the Korean War Me-
18 morial in Wichita as
the Kansas Korean War Memorial.
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20 WHEREAS, The
Kansas Korean War Memorial Association, a non-
21 profit Kansas corporation, has been the
moving force behind efforts to
22 establish a Korean War Memorial in Veterans
Memorial Park in down-
23 town Wichita; and
24 WHEREAS, An
appropriate design has been selected, and construc-
25 tion has been completed except for final
art work. The project will be
26 dedicated as a Korean War Memorial on July
27, 2000; and
27 WHEREAS,
Donations are still being accepted (c/o the Kansas Ko-
28 rean War Memorial Assn, P.O. Box 4223,
Wichita, KS 67204-0223) for
29 this project; and
30 WHEREAS, The
Kansas Korean War Memorial Association has ini-
31 tiated action to have the memorial
designated as a state historic register
32 site; and
33 WHEREAS, The
state of Kansas has no designated site honoring the
34 476 Kansans who were killed, missing in
action or prisoners of war in the
35 Korean War, and it is appropriate that such
a site be officially recognized:
36 Now, therefore,
37 Be it resolved by
the House of Representatives of the State of Kansas,
38 the Senate concurring
therein: That the Kansas Legislature recognizes
39 the Korean War Memorial in Wichita as the
Kansas Korean War Me-
40 morial; and
41 Be it further
resolved: That the Secretary of State be directed to
pro-
42 vide a copy of this resolution to the
Executive Director of the State His-
43 torial Society and to Robert Pinkstaff,
President, Kansas Korean War
44 Memorial Association, 1928 South Cooper
Ct., Wichita, KS 67207.
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