111

TH

CONGRESS

2

D

S

ESSION

Expressing the sense of Congress that a grateful Nation supports and salutes

Sons and Daughters in Touch on its 20th Anniversary that is being

held on Father’s Day, 2010, at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in

Washington, the District of Columbia.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

M

AY

13, 2010

Mrs. H

ALVORSON

(for herself and Mr. F

ILNER

) submitted the following con-

current resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Af-

fairs

Expressing the sense of Congress that a grateful Nation

supports and salutes Sons and Daughters in Touch on

its 20th Anniversary that is being held on Father’s Day,

2010, at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington,

the District of Columbia.

Whereas there is virtue in remembering and honoring the

service and sacrifice of those who died or remain missing

as a result of the war in Southeast Asia and the families

and children they left behind;

Whereas an estimated 20,000 American children lost fathers

in the war in Southeast Asia;

Whereas Father’s Day is a fitting day to recognize the sac-

rifice and service of these fallen heroes and their families;

Whereas the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in the Na-

tion’s capital symbolically and literally represents the

men and women who gave their lives in the war in South-

east Asia;

Whereas Sons and Daughters in Touch (SDIT) is the only

national organization formed specifically to bring to-

gether and support the children and families of these

American heroes;

Whereas SDIT locates, unites, and supports sons, daughters,

and other family members of those who died or remain

missing as a result of the Vietnam War and promotes

healing through various outreach and education efforts;

Whereas SDIT has held regular Father’s Day gatherings for

the past 20 years to bring together such sons, daughters,

wives, and other family members in a spirit of honor, re-

membrance, and learning;

Whereas America’s current military campaigns have produced

a new generation of Gold Star sons and daughters who

have lost parents in war;

Whereas Sons and Daughters in Touch is in a unique posi-

tion to serve as an example to current and future genera-

tions of Gold Star families as they bear the painful bur-

den resulting from the selfless sacrifices made by their

fathers and mothers in wartime service to the Nation,

and SDIT can also serve as a resilient example to all na-

tions affected by war;

Whereas Sons and Daughters in Touch will celebrate its 20th

anniversary, which is being held on Father’s Day, 2010,

at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, the

District of Columbia; and

Whereas there is triumph, comfort, and honor in healing:

Now, therefore, be it

1

concurring), That it is the sense of Congress that a grate-

2

ful Nation supports and salutes Sons and Daughters in

3

Touch on its 20th Anniversary that is being held at the

4

Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, the District

5

of Columbia.

6

Æ

VerDate Mar 15 2010 21:31 May 13, 2010 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\HC278.IH HC278

srobinson on DSKHWCL6B1PROD with BILLS