U.S. Rep. John Moolenaar (R-MI) sponsored a resolution that would designate the week of Sept. 11-17 as Patriot Week.
“I am proud to introduce legislation honoring the founding principles of our nation, the Constitution, and the victims of the horrific terrorist attacks on 9/11,” Rep. Moolenaar said on Sept. 8. “Patriot Week provides a reminder for all Americans to learn more about our nation’s history and to celebrate the freedoms we have today.”
House Resolution 673 would resolve that the U.S. House of Representatives supports the designation of Patriot Week, and “recognizes that understanding the history of the United States and the first principles of the United States is indispensable to the survival of the United States as a free people,” according to the text.
The House also would acknowledge, “in great reverence to the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks,” that U.S. citizens should take time to honor the first principles, founders, documents, and symbols of their history; and recognize that each generation should renew the spirit of America based on the first principles, historical figures, founding documents, and symbols of the country, the text says.
Additionally, the House would encourage citizens, schools, and other educational institutions, as well as federal, state, and local governments and their agencies to recognize and participate in Patriot Week by honoring, celebrating, and promoting the study of U.S. history “so that all people of the United States may offer the reverence that is due to the free republic.”
According to information provided by Rep. Moolenaar’s staff, Patriot Week was founded in 2009 by Oakland County, Mich., Judge Michael Warren and his daughter Leah in an effort to promote public awareness about the nation’s founding documents and key people in the nation’s history.
The week begins on the anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and ends on Constitution Day, the anniversary of when delegates to the 1787 Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia signed the U.S. Constitution, the information says.
Rep. Moolenaar’s resolution has been referred to the U.S. House Oversight and Accountability Committee for consideration.