Florida Senate - 2024                                     SR 630
       
       
        
       By Senator Simon
       
       
       
       
       
       3-00976A-24                                            2024630__
    1                          Senate Resolution                        
    2         A resolution recognizing the Tallahassee-Leon County
    3         Bicentennial and envisioning the powerful next chapter
    4         of Florida’s Capital community.
    5  
    6         WHEREAS, the Tallahassee-Leon County Bicentennial presents
    7  the capital of the third-most populous state in the country an
    8  opportunity to reflect and celebrate 200 years of remarkable
    9  achievements by citizens with drive, determination, and
   10  ambition, and
   11         WHEREAS, the City of Tallahassee, Leon County, and the
   12  surrounding region have a rich human history dating back 15,000
   13  years, with present-day Tallahassee being the site of the
   14  Indigenous Apalachee capital of Anhaica, and
   15         WHEREAS, Florida became a U.S. territory in 1821, according
   16  to terms of the Adams-Onis Treaty between the United States of
   17  America and Spain, and
   18         WHEREAS, the City of Tallahassee was chosen to be the seat
   19  of government and Florida’s capital for this newly formed
   20  territory on March 4, 1824, because of its scenic beauty and
   21  enchanting cascade, for the agricultural quality of its rich
   22  soils, and because of its strategic geographic position halfway
   23  between the historic ports of St. Augustine and Pensacola, and
   24         WHEREAS, the boundaries of Leon County were drawn to
   25  encompass the newly designated capital, and the county was
   26  established by the Territorial Legislature that same year on
   27  December 29, 1824, and
   28         WHEREAS, Florida would later be admitted as the twenty
   29  seventh state in the United States in 1845, with the City of
   30  Tallahassee as its capital, and
   31         WHEREAS, the Tallahassee-Leon County community has produced
   32  world-renowned authors, artists, and leaders in arts, politics,
   33  mathematics, science, civil rights, and sports, and
   34         WHEREAS, the City of Tallahassee and Leon County are home
   35  to three world-class higher education institutions, Florida
   36  State University, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical
   37  University, and Tallahassee Community College, which
   38  collectively serve approximately 70,000 students each year, and
   39         WHEREAS, the Tallahassee-Leon County Bicentennial
   40  Commemoration is an opportunity to recognize the impact and
   41  contributions of the rich history, natural beauty, ambition, and
   42  diversity that the City of Tallahassee and Leon County have had
   43  and continue to have on this state, the nation, and the world,
   44  NOW, THEREFORE,
   45  
   46  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:
   47  
   48         That the Florida Senate recognizes and extends greetings
   49  and best wishes to all observing the important milestone of the
   50  Tallahassee-Leon County Bicentennial and envisions the powerful
   51  next chapter of the community.
   52         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution, with
   53  the Seal of the Senate affixed, be presented to the Mayor of
   54  Tallahassee and the Chair of the Leon County Board of County
   55  Commissioners as a tangible token of the sentiments of the
   56  Florida Senate.