R E S O L U T I O N

 1-1           WHEREAS, There has long been a strong affinity between the

 1-2     people of the State of Texas and the people of the Commonwealth of

 1-3     Kentucky; and

 1-4           WHEREAS, That great Texas patriot James Bowie, commander of

 1-5     the revolutionary forces at the Battle of the Alamo, was born in

 1-6     Kentucky and lived there as a young boy before migrating to

 1-7     Louisiana and then Texas; and

 1-8           WHEREAS, Many of the early and modern-day immigrants to Texas

 1-9     were of Kentucky heritage; and

1-10           WHEREAS, The House has learned with pleasure that the

1-11     descendants of James Mack and Lessie Pike Brady, of Graves County,

1-12     Kentucky, will be holding a family reunion June 21, 1997, and their

1-13     great-grandson, Hugh L. Strange, a legislative assistant to

1-14     Representative Glen Maxey of Austin, will be attending that

1-15     reunion; and

1-16           WHEREAS, The Brady clan has contributed much to Kentucky,

1-17     Texas, and the United States in the fields of farming, business,

1-18     medicine, politics, law, fine arts, accounting, horse breeding,

1-19     civil service, transportation, and industrial arts; and

1-20           WHEREAS, In an era when family ties are often forgotten and

1-21     lost, those families who honor and mark those bonds are entitled to

1-22     special legislative recognition; now, therefore, be it

1-23           RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the State of

1-24     Texas, That the House hereby honor the Bradys of Graves County,

 2-1     Kentucky, by recognizing June 21 as Brady Day at the Texas Capitol

 2-2     and extend to the clan sincere best wishes for continued success

 2-3     and happiness in the future; and, be it further

 2-4           RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be

 2-5     prepared for the Brady clan as an expression of high regard by the

 2-6     Texas House of Representatives.

                                                                      Dunnam

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                                                   Speaker of the House

               I certify that H.R. No. 1375 was adopted by the House on June

         2, 1997, by a non-record vote.

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                                                 Chief Clerk of the House