HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2498        FILED ON: 1/19/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3013

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Kip A. Diggs and Julian Cyr

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act directing the superintendent of state office buildings to install a permanent memorial in the Massachusetts State House in honor of Mercy Otis Warren.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Kip A. Diggs

2nd Barnstable

1/17/2023

Julian Cyr

Cape and Islands

2/17/2023

Carole A. Fiola

6th Bristol

2/8/2023

Steven George Xiarhos

5th Barnstable

2/18/2023

Dawne Shand

1st Essex

4/3/2023


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2498        FILED ON: 1/19/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3013

By Representative Diggs of Barnstable and Senator Cyr, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3013) of Kip A. Diggs, Julian Cyr and others that the Superintendent of State Office Buildings be authorized to install a permanent memorial in the State House in honor of Mercy Otis Warren.  State Administration and Regulatory Oversight.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 4281 OF 2021-2022.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)

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An Act directing the superintendent of state office buildings to install a permanent memorial in the Massachusetts State House in honor of Mercy Otis Warren.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

The superintendent of state office buildings shall, subject to the approval of the State House Art Commission as to size and content, install and maintain in a conspicuous place of the Art Commission’s choosing in the State House, a memorial honoring Mercy Otis Warren, of Barnstable, Massachusetts, a leading author, playwright, satirist, and patriot in colonial Massachusetts, whose essays contributed to the creation of the Constitution’s Bill of Rights, and whose book, History of the Rise, Progress, and Termination of the American Revolution became this country's first published history of the American Revolution.  Said memorial shall be the gift of Cape Cod artist David Lewis who will bear all costs associated with the creation, transportation, and installation of the artwork.