HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.C.R. NO.	174
TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2010
STATE OF HAWAII

HOUSE CONCURRENT

RESOLUTION

urging president barack obama to SELECT A LOCATION IN HAWAII AS THE SITE FOR HIS presidential library.

     WHEREAS, a presidential library is a repository for preserving and making publicly accessible the papers, records, artifacts, and other historical materials of a President of the United States; and

     WHEREAS, historians and other researchers studying our country's presidents and history rely upon presidential libraries as important sources of information; and

     WHEREAS, presidential libraries provide a broad range of educational opportunities for students through programs designed to introduce students to American history and the presidency; and

     WHEREAS, public programs that include conferences, symposia, and forums that highlight new scholarship about the presidents and American history, are often offered by presidential libraries; and

     WHEREAS, Barack Obama, the forty-fourth President of the United States, was born and raised in Hawaii; and

     WHEREAS, it is a matter of great state pride that President Obama is the first Hawaii-born citizen to hold that high office; and

     WHEREAS, a presidential library in Hawaii would provide the people of Hawaii with access to the documents and artifacts of the Obama administration and a significant piece of our nation's history; now, therefore,

     BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-fifth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2010, the Senate concurring, that President Barack Obama is urged to select a location in Hawaii as the site of his presidential library; and

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the President of the United States and members of Hawaii's congressional delegation.

OFFERED BY:

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Report Title: 

Presidential Library; Barack Obama