HR 242 — A Resolution recognizing June 6, 2026, as "D-Day" in Pennsylvania.

PRINTER'S NO.     1789

                  THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



           HOUSE RESOLUTION
              No. 242
                                             Session of
                                               2025

     INTRODUCED BY GAYDOS, ROAE, COOK, GREINER, CAUSER, PICKETT,
        McNEILL, BRENNAN, VENKAT, PIELLI, KUZMA, SANCHEZ, ANDERSON,
        NEILSON, BERNSTINE, STAATS, SCHMITT, KRUPA AND HOHENSTEIN,
        MAY 30, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY
        PREPAREDNESS, MAY 30, 2025


                         A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
 1   Commemorating June 6, 2025, as "D-Day" in Pennsylvania.
 2      WHEREAS, June 6, 2025, marks the 81st anniversary of the D-
 3   Day invasion of Normandy, an Allied Forces operation to end the
 4   occupation of Germany in France; and
 5      WHEREAS, Armed forces of primarily the United States,
 6   England, Canada and France banded together to deploy 156,000
 7   troops, of which 73,000 were American, 11,590 planes and 6,939
 8   vessels to produce the long-planned "Operation Overlord"; and
 9      WHEREAS, The initial assault phase, "Operation Neptune,"
10   began at midnight, on June 6, 1944, giving cover and support for
11   an airborne assault choreographed by the American, British and
12   Canadian Air Corps; and
13      WHEREAS, Soldiers landed on Gold Beach, Sword Beach, Omaha
14   Beach, Juno Beach and Utah Beach in the early morning of June 6,
15   1944, to begin the assault on the German forces; and
16      WHEREAS, The casualties of D-Day numbered 10,500 allies,
 1   including 2,700 Americans, resulting in the death of 4,413
 2   allies, with 1,465 Americans losing their lives in the invasion,
 3   while 7,500 allies were injured, including 3,184 Americans, with
 4   many more missing or captured; and
 5      WHEREAS, The assault continued under "Operation Overlord" by
 6   pushing further into France and ended once the allies crossed
 7   the River Seine on August 19, 1944; and
 8      WHEREAS, There were 226,386 allied casualties, including
 9   36,976 deaths and 153,475 wounded, of which 20,838 Americans
10   were killed and 94,881 were injured, during "Operation
11   Overlord"; therefore be it
12      RESOLVED (the Senate concurring), That the General Assembly
13   commemorate June 6, 2025, as "D-Day" in Pennsylvania; and be it
14   further
15      RESOLVED, That the General Assembly encourage local
16   governments and communities throughout this Commonwealth to
17   conduct appropriate "D-Day" observances to ensure that the many
18   sacrifices of that day are not forgotten.




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