Florida Senate - 2015                             (NP)    SR 882
       
       
        
       By Senator Montford
       
       
       
       
       
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    1                          Senate Resolution                        
    2         A resolution honoring Chester Lee Davis, Sr., in
    3         memoriam, for his patriotic service to the United
    4         States during World War II.
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    6         WHEREAS, Chester Lee Davis, Sr., was born on November 25,
    7  1923, in Quincy, and passed away in 1981 at the age of 57, and
    8         WHEREAS, on June 25, 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt
    9  issued an executive order to establish the Fair Employment
   10  Practices Commission, opening the doors for the first African
   11  Americans to enlist in the United States Marine Corps, and
   12         WHEREAS, in 1943, Chester Lee Davis, Sr., was accepted into
   13  the Marine Corps among its first African-American recruits,
   14  completing his basic training at Montford Point in North
   15  Carolina, and
   16         WHEREAS, Chester Lee Davis, Sr., bravely fought in World
   17  War II to defend his country, despite the fact that it did not
   18  yet offer basic civil rights for African Americans, and
   19         WHEREAS, on November 23, 2011, President Barack Obama
   20  signed a resolution to posthumously award the Congressional Gold
   21  Medal, the highest civilian award from the United States
   22  Congress for distinguished contributions, to the members of the
   23  Montford Point Marines, and
   24         WHEREAS, a veterans monument was dedicated on November 10,
   25  2013, in Gadsden County, with a replica of the Congressional
   26  Gold Medal to honor and recognize Chester Lee Davis, Sr., for
   27  his service to the nation, NOW, THEREFORE,
   28  
   29  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:
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   31         That Chester Lee Davis, Sr., is honored, in memoriam, for
   32  his selfless and patriotic contributions and service to the
   33  United States during World War II.
   34         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution, with
   35  the Seal of the Senate affixed, be presented to his son, Chester
   36  Davis, Jr., as a tangible token of the sentiments of the Florida
   37  Senate.