HomeMy WebLinkAbout1263 WHEREAS there has been presented to the 89th Congress of the
United States, Senate Bill 489 authorizing the acquisition by the
Secretary of the Interior of those sites and terrain of historic
significance in the settlement of the boundary between the Oregon
Territory and Canada in the years 1853 to 1871, and
WHEREAS said area and site will combine events and times of
historic significance in a unique setting of great beauty ~and recreat-
ional use and promise, and
WHEREAS the preservation of the sites of the American and
English camps on San Juan Island will commemorate the historic Pig War
as well as the peaceable settlement by arbitration of the disputed
boundary between the Oregon Territory and Canada, now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Bremerton
that the United States Congress is urgently requested to enact Senate
Bill 489 and thereby establish the Pig War National Historical Park
in San Juan County, State of Washington.
Passed and approved by the City Council of the City of Bremerton,
signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk in authentication
of such passage, this ~~day of April, 1965.
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