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 118 STAT. 4050 CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS—MAY 20, 2004 Whereas the average household spends about 20 percent of its income on transportation, more than on any other expense except housing; Whereas the President has proclaimed, by Executive order, May 16 through May 22, 2004, as National Transportation Week; Whereas Congress, by joint resolution approved May 16, 1957 (36 U.S.C. 120), designated the third Friday in May of each year as ‘‘National Defense Transportation Day’’ and, by joint resolution approved May 14, 1962 (36 U.S.C. 133), declared that the week during which that Friday falls be designated as ‘‘National Transportation Week’’; and Whereas National Transportation Week provides an opportunity for the transportation community to join together for greater awareness about the importance of transportation and for making youth aware of transportation-related careers: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That the 108th Congress— (1) applauds the men and women who keep America moving; (2) recognizes National Transportation Week by supporting the goals of that Week; and (3) urges all Americans to become more aware of the bene- fits and contributions of transportation to the United States economy. Agreed to May 20, 2004. UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES—RED POPPY COMMEMORATION Whereas the red poppy was the first living plant that sprouted in the battlefields devastated by fighting during World War I; Whereas red poppies grew abundantly in the trenches and craters of the war-torn battlefields in Northern France and Belgium; Whereas during World War I, the bloom of red poppies each year and the coming of the warm weather brought hope to those still fighting in the trenches of France and Belgium; Whereas in 1915, the red poppy inspired Canadian Colonel John McCrae to write the poem ‘‘In Flanders Fields’’ in remembrance of the thousands of soldiers who perished during the three battles of Ypres in Belgium; Whereas in 1918, John McCrae’s poem inspired Moina Belle Michael of Athens, Georgia, to write her own poem entitled ‘‘We Shall Keep the Faith’’, in which she promised to wear a red poppy to memorialize American soldiers killed in World War I, and later to raise millions of dollars to support and employ disabled American veterans of all wars; Whereas on November 11, 1921, the first Poppy Day was held in the United Kingdom and was a national success; Whereas the red poppy is a symbol of sacrifice throughout the world; May 20, 2004 [H. Con. Res. 424] VerDate 11-MAY-2000 15:04 Nov 10, 2005 Jkt 029194 PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 9796 Sfmt 6581 C:\STATUTES\2004\29194PT4.003 APPS10 PsN: 29194PT4

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