HR 416 — A Resolution designating April 18, 2026, as "Erie Day" in Pennsylvania.

PRINTER'S NO.   2892

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



              HOUSE RESOLUTION
                 No. 416
                                                 Session of
                                                   2026

     INTRODUCED BY MERSKI, BIZZARRO, HARKINS, BRENNAN, VITALI,
        FREEMAN, D. WILLIAMS, NEILSON, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ AND MADDEN,
        FEBRUARY 5, 2026

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TOURISM, RECREATION AND ECONOMIC
        DEVELOPMENT, FEBRUARY 5, 2026


                                  A RESOLUTION
 1   Designating April 18, 2026, as "Erie Day" in Pennsylvania.
 2         WHEREAS, On April 18, 1795, an act passed by the General
 3   Assembly authorized the surveying of land near Presque Isle on
 4   the southeastern shore of Lake Erie to plan what would later
 5   become the City of Erie and resolve the boundary between
 6   Pennsylvania and New York; and
 7         WHEREAS, William Irvine and Andrew Ellicott, the State
 8   Commissioners appointed to lay out Erie, arrived in June 1795,
 9   accompanied by a corps of surveyors and escorted by a company of
10   State troops; and
11         WHEREAS, Erie was laid out in three sections, each about one
12   square mile, and extending from the bay south to 12th Street;
13   and
14         WHEREAS, The first section ran from Parade Street to Chestnut
15   Street, the second section from Chestnut Street to Cranberry
16   Street and the third section from Cranberry Street to West
 1   Street; and
 2         WHEREAS, The outlots extended south to 26th Street, east to
 3   East Avenue, west to the western boundary of the almshouse farm,
 4   and north to the bay of Presque Isle; and
 5         WHEREAS, On March 29, 1805, Erie was first established as a
 6   borough by act of the General Assembly which created a borough
 7   and town council headed by a burgess; and
 8         WHEREAS, The burgess form of government remained until April
 9   14, 1851, when the City of Erie was incorporated, establishing
10   the office of mayor and select council; and
11         WHEREAS, The City of Erie was named for the Native American
12   Erie people who lived in the area until the mid-17th century;
13   and
14         WHEREAS, The 2020 census shows Erie as the fifth most
15   populous city in Pennsylvania and the most populous in
16   northwestern Pennsylvania with a population of 94,831; therefore
17   be it
18         RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate April
19   18, 2026, as "Erie Day" in Pennsylvania.




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