HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 27

(By Delegates Caputo, Mr. Speaker (Mr. Thompson), Anderson, Andes, Armstead, Ashley, Azinger, Barill, Barker, Boggs, Border, Brown, Butcher, D. Campbell, T. Campbell, Cann, Canterbury, Carmichael, Cowles, Craig, Crosier, Doyle, Duke, Ellem, Ellington, Ennis, Evans, Ferns, Ferro, Fleischauer, Fragale, Frazier, Gearheart, Givens, Guthrie, Hall, Hamilton, Hartman, Hatfield, Householder, Howell, Hunt, Iaquinta, Ireland, Jones, Kominar, Kump, Lane, Lawrence, Longstreth, Mahan, Manchin, Manypenny, Marshall, Martin, Michael, Miley, C. Miller, J. Miller, Moore, Morgan, Moye, Nelson, O'Neal, Overington, Pasdon, Paxton, Perdue, Perry, Pethtel, L. Phillips, R. Phillips, Pino, D. Poling, M. Poling, Poore, Reynolds, Rodighiero, Romine, Rowan, Savilla, Shaver, Sigler, Skaff, Smith, Snuffer, Sobonya, Staggers, Stephens, Storch, Stowers, Sumner, Swartzmiller, Talbott, Varner, Walker, Walters, Wells, White and Williams)

Urging the Citizen’s Stamp Advisory Committee of the United States Postal Service to approve and issue a commemorative postage stamp honoring the achievements and contributions of the coal miner to the United States.

    Whereas, Billions of tons of coal have been, and will continue to be, extracted from the mines of twenty-six states in the United States for use in industry and households; and

    Whereas, Over one hundred thousand miners have died in the extraction of coal; little recognition has been given to the coal miner who worked long hours in poor working conditions in order to make the United States of America the economic and military power it is today; and

    Whereas, Every year new sets of approved postage stamps are circulated for sale illustrating every topic from plants, vegetables, trees and cartoon characters to snowflakes. Included in the variety of stamps issued are those recognizing the extraordinary accomplishments of human beings. It is important to preserve the historical contributions made by the American Coal Miner and it is time to have a stamp issued commemorating America’s coal miner; therefore, be it

    Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:

    That the Citizen’s Stamp Advisory Committee of the United States Postal Service is urged to approve and issue a commemorative postage stamp honoring the achievements and contributions of the coal miner to the United States; and, be it

    Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates forward a copy of this Resolution to the Citizen’s Stamp Advisory Committee of the United States Postal Service.