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Session of 2000
          Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 1634                     By Senators Ranson, Donovan, Downey, Feleciano, Gooch, Harrington,                 and Lawrence
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11             A  CONCURRENT  RESOLUTION recognizing the Korean War Me-
12             morial in Wichita as the Kansas Korean War Memorial.
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14             WHEREAS,  The Kansas Korean War Memorial Association, a non-
15       profit Kansas corporation, has been the moving force behind efforts to
16       establish a Korean War Memorial in Veterans Memorial Park in down-
17       town Wichita; and
18             WHEREAS,  An appropriate design has been selected, and construc-
19       tion has been completed except for final art work. The project will be
20       dedicated as a Korean War Memorial on July 27, 2000; and
21             WHEREAS,  Donations are still being accepted (c/o the Kansas Ko-
22       rean War Memorial Assn, P.O. Box 4223, Wichita, KS 67204-0223) for
23       this project; and
24             WHEREAS,  The Kansas Korean War Memorial Association has ini-
25       tiated action to have the memorial designated as a state historic register
26       site; and
27             WHEREAS,  The state of Kansas has no designated site honoring the
28       476 Kansans who served in the Korean War, and it is appropriate that
29       such a site be officially recognized: Now, therefore,
30             Be it resolved by the Senate of the State of Kansas, the House of Rep-
31       resentatives concurring therein: That the Kansas Legislature recognizes
32       the Korean War Memorial in Wichita as the Kansas Korean War Me-
33       morial; and
34             Be it further resolved: That the Secretary of State be directed to pro-
35       vide a copy of this resolution to the Executive Director of the State
36       Historical Society and to Robert Pinkstaff, President, Kansas Korean War
37       Memorial Association, 1928 South Cooper Ct., Wichita, KS 67207.
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