[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[H. Con. Res. 209 Referred in Senate (RFS)]
2d Session
H. CON. RES. 209
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 13, 2008
Received
April 29, 2008
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of Congress that the Museum of the American
Quilter's Society, located in Paducah, Kentucky, should be designated
as the ``National Quilt Museum of the United States''.
Whereas the Museum of the American Quilter's Society is the largest quilt museum
in the world, with a total of 13,400 square feet of exhibition space and
more than 150 quilts exhibited year-round in its 3 galleries;
Whereas the mission of the Museum is to educate the local, national, and
international public about the art, history, and heritage of
quiltmaking;
Whereas quilts in the Museum's permanent collection are made by quilters from 44
of the 50 States and many foreign countries;
Whereas the Museum, centrally located in Paducah, Kentucky, and open to the
public year-round, averages 40,000 visitors per year;
Whereas individuals from all 50 States and from more than 25 foreign countries
have visited the Museum;
Whereas the Museum's Friends, an organization dedicated to supporting and
sustaining the Museum, also has members in all 50 States, with 84
percent of members living more than 60 miles from the Museum;
Whereas many members of the Museum's Friends have supported the Museum annually
since the Museum began in 1991;
Whereas quilts exhibited in the Museum are representative of the Nation and its
cultures thanks to the wide diversity of themes and topics, quilts, and
quiltmakers; and
Whereas the Museum of the American Quilter's Society has national significance
and support: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring),
That it is the sense of Congress that the Museum of the American
Quilter's Society, located at 215 Jefferson Street, Paducah, Kentucky,
should be designated as the ``National Quilt Museum of the United
States''.
Passed the House of Representatives February 12, 2008.
Attest:
LORRAINE C. MILLER,
Clerk.