Florida Senate - 2024                            (NP)    SR 1240
       
       
        
       By Senator Avila
       
       
       
       
       
       39-01889-24                                           20241240__
    1                          Senate Resolution                        
    2         A resolution recognizing February 27, 2024, as
    3         “Dominican-American Heritage Day” in Florida.
    4  
    5         WHEREAS, the island of Hispaniola is home to two countries,
    6  with Haiti on the west and the Dominican Republic on the east,
    7  and
    8         WHEREAS, the people of the Dominican Republic were under
    9  Haitian rule for 22 years before the Dominican War of
   10  Independence set them free in 1844, and
   11         WHEREAS, migration from the Dominican Republic to the
   12  United States began in the 1960s in the wake of economic and
   13  political turbulence that occurred after dictator Rafael
   14  Trujillo was killed by rebels, and
   15         WHEREAS, since 1990, Dominican Americans have comprised the
   16  fourth largest immigrant population from the Caribbean residing
   17  in the United States, and
   18         WHEREAS, Florida is the third of the five states with the
   19  largest concentrations of Dominican Americans, with
   20  approximately 12 percent of Dominican Americans residing in this
   21  state, and
   22         WHEREAS, Dominican Americans have made significant
   23  contributions to the United States in several fields, such as
   24  music, including alternative rock, calypso, salsa, merengue,
   25  reggaeton, and bachata, the most popular; sports, including
   26  soccer, basketball, football, baseball, and women’s volleyball;
   27  government; finance; education; fashion; and the arts and
   28  sciences, and
   29         WHEREAS, Dominican Americans continue to enrich the
   30  diversity of this state by sharing their unique accomplishments,
   31  traditions, culture, and cuisine, NOW, THEREFORE,
   32  
   33  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:
   34  
   35         That February 27, 2024, is recognized as “Dominican
   36  American Heritage Day” in Florida to celebrate Dominican
   37  Republic Independence Day and the invaluable economic, social,
   38  and cultural contributions of Dominican Americans throughout
   39  this state.