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House Bill 9233




    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                HR 9233

        By Representative Boyd






  1                         House Resolution

  2         A resolution proclaiming July 4, 1997, as

  3         "Governor Stone Day."

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  5         WHEREAS, the Governor Stone, a two-masted, gaff-rigged,

  6  topmast schooner built in 1877, is the oldest near-shore

  7  shipping vessel in operation on the Gulf Coast, and

  8         WHEREAS, designated in 1991 by the United States

  9  Department of the Interior as a National Historic Landmark,

10  the Governor Stone was engaged in near-water activities along

11  the Gulf Coast of Florida from 1877 to 1938 and during World

12  War II served with distinction as a Merchant Marine training

13  vessel, and

14         WHEREAS, currently owned by the Apalachicola Maritime

15  Institute, Inc., the Governor Stone continues to sail the

16  shallow waters for which she was designed, offering one-day,

17  two-day, and six-day charters and sail training in the bays

18  and inland waters along the Upper Gulf of Mexico, and

19         WHEREAS, the Governor Stone, the pride of the residents

20  of Apalachicola, is instrumental in fostering a deep respect

21  for the nation's maritime traditions of boat building and sail

22  training, and is an inspiration to boat builders, historians,

23  and tourists alike, NOW, THEREFORE,

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25  Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of

26  Florida:

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28         That the House of Representatives pauses in its

29  deliberations to pay tribute to the historic schooner Governor

30  Stone and to proclaim Friday, July 4, 1997, "Governor Stone

31  Day" in Florida.

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