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Current Status Bill Number:4576 Type of Legislation:Concurrent Resolution CR Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19980204 Primary Sponsor:Cobb-Hunter All Sponsors:Cobb-Hunter Drafted Document Number:kgh\15393mm.98 Date Bill Passed both Bodies:19980205 Subject:Samuel Hammond, Jr.; Delano Herman Middleton; Henry Ezekial Smith; Resolutions
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TO EXPRESS PROFOUND GRATITUDE FOR THE SUPREME SACRIFICE MADE ON FEBRUARY 8, 1968, BY THREE YOUNG STUDENTS, SAMUEL HAMMOND, JR., AN EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD SOUTH CAROLINA STATE COLLEGE FRESHMAN FROM FT. LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA, DELANO HERMAN MIDDLETON, A SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD STUDENT AT WILKINSON HIGH SCHOOL IN ORANGEBURG, SOUTH CAROLINA, AND HENRY EZEKIAL SMITH, AN EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD SOPHOMORE AT SOUTH CAROLINA STATE COLLEGE, FROM MULLINS, SOUTH CAROLINA, AND TO RECOGNIZE THEIR COURAGEOUS EFFORTS BY DECLARING FEBRUARY 8 AS SMITH-HAMMOND-MIDDLETON MEMORIAL DAY.
Whereas, Samuel Hammond, Jr., Delano Herman Middleton, and Henry Ezekial Smith, believing in America and its fundamental fairness, joined other young people thirty years ago in peaceful demonstrations protesting the prohibition of their entrance to and use of a local bowling alley because of their race; and
Whereas, during their participation in the protest, they were shot and killed, and twenty-seven other men and women were wounded; and
Whereas, those of us in responsible roles of leadership today wish to express to their families, friends, the citizens of this State, and all Americans our sincere sorrow at their deaths and profound gratitude for their courageous efforts; and
Whereas, we sincerely believe that we all must learn to love and appreciate each other as children of the same Maker and members of one race, the human race; and
Whereas, we want to recognize finally these courageous young people for their efforts and sacrifice; and
Whereas, we believe it is fitting and appropriate that this State honor their sacrifice by declaring February 8 an annual honorary day in their memory; and
Whereas, we believe it would be the ultimate honor and a fitting tribute to the thirtieth anniversary of their deaths and to their memories if South Carolina's Governor David Beasley were to issue to them posthumously the Order of the Palmetto for presentation to and display at South Carolina State College. Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:
That the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina recognizes and expresses its profound gratitude for the supreme sacrifice made on February 8, 1968, by three young students, Samuel Hammond, Jr., an eighteen-year-old South Carolina State College freshman from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, Delano Herman Middleton, a seventeen-year-old student at Wilkinson High School in Orangeburg, South Carolina, and Henry Ezekial Smith, an eighteen-year-old sophomore at South Carolina State College, from Mullins, South Carolina.
Be it further resolved that this General Assembly declares February 8 as an annual honorary day in memory of Samuel Hammond, Jr., Delano Herman Middleton, and Henry Ezekial Smith.
Be it further resolved that we pray the Governor of our great State immediately issue posthumously to those three brave young men The Order of The Palmetto, and pray also that these awards be presented to South Carolina State University on February 8, 1998, and that South Carolina State University display them in positions of honor and prominence in its Smith-Hammond-Middleton Memorial Center.