PROPOSED RESOLUTION 1

Submitted by: Deborah McEwen

Resolution Title: Republican Party of Arizona Resolution Declaring June as Emancipation Month

Whereas the Republican Party, founded in 1854, was a coalition opposing the extension of slavery into Western territories and fighting to protect the rights of slaves after the Civil War.

Whereas President Lincoln signed the preliminary 1862 Emancipation Proclamation, and one hundred days later, on June 19, 1865, President Lincoln issued the final Emancipation Proclamation; Texas Governor Allred issued the 1938 Proclamation to observe June 19 for the celebration of Emancipation.

Whereas modern journalists, authors, activists, and ideologues have maliciously misappropriated history and misled Americans through fictional interpretations and ideologies that depict a corruption of historical understanding, which have silenced Historians and Americans on these issues.

Whereas the role of religion and natural law are being refuted as the origins of our constitutional basis and rights, threatening the American family, law, justice, and the U.S. Constitution itself.

Therefore, the Republican Party of Arizona resolves to declare the entire month of June into the celebration and acclamation of liberty declared in the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863, changing the moral direction of America by promoting and participating in civic engagement, using education and activities to reintroduce true heroes and history which helped shape this country and which will be the model of honor and inspiration to our posterity.

Status in Committee: PASSED (7-0)