HR 9161 2003
1	House Resolution
2	A resolution recognizing Andrew Jackson High School on the
3	occasion of its 75th anniversary graduation ceremony.
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5	WHEREAS, May 3, 2003, brings with it the joyful observance
6	of a most significant milestone in the proud history of Andrew
7	Jackson High School of Jacksonville, and
8	WHEREAS, on that date, hundreds of current and former
9	students, teachers, and staff gather at the Prime Osborne
10	Convention Center to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the
11	graduation ceremonies held through the years for the school's
12	seniors, and
13	WHEREAS, over the past 75 years, more than 30,000 students
14	have graduated from Andrew Jackson High School, among them, one
15	Governor and one Lieutenant Governor of the state, a Chief
16	Justice of the Supreme Court of Florida, numerous state
17	legislators, four mayors and several city council members of the
18	City of Jacksonville, school board representatives, police
19	officers, firefighters, professional athletes of the National
20	Football League, the National Basketball Association, and Major
21	League Baseball, Grammy Award-winning musicians, a Pulitzer
22	Prize-winning author, NASA space engineers, and motion picture
23	industry executives and celebrities, as well as scores of
24	teachers, ministers, doctors, attorneys, judges, business
25	leaders, inventors, architects, and countless other good
26	citizens residing in Duval County, the state, the nation, and
27	throughout the world, and
28	WHEREAS, thousands of Andrew Jackson alumni have served in
29	the Armed Forces of the United States and more than 300 of its
30	former students have made the supreme sacrifice while serving
31	their country in the preservation of freedom, and
32	WHEREAS, the gathering provides an opportunity for renewed
33	acquaintances and recalled memories, with special presentations
34	to be featured during this time of jubilant celebration, NOW,
35	THEREFORE,
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37	Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of
38	Florida:
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40	That the House of Representatives offers its sincere
41	congratulations to the current and former students, teachers,
42	and staff of Andrew Jackson High School of Jacksonville as they
43	observe the momentous occasion of the school's 75th graduation
44	anniversary.