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WHEREAS, on September 11, 2001, the United States was
attacked and our world was changed forever when terrorists murdered nearly
3,000 innocent people at the World Trade Center, at the Pentagon, and aboard
United Flight 93, which crashed in a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, in
the largest terrorist attack ever committed in the United States; and WHEREAS, established in 2003, the National September
11 Memorial and Museum at the World Trade Center Foundations, Inc., a nonprofit
organization described in section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, has been dedicated to raising funds for and overseeing the design,
construction, and operation of the Memorial and Museum at the World Trade
Center site; and WHEREAS, the Memorial and Museum will ensure that
future generations never forget the thousands of innocent men, women and
children murdered by terrorists on September 11, 2001 in New York, Pennsylvania
and Virginia as well as those who dies in the terrorist bombing at the World
Trade Center on February 26, 1993; and WHEREAS, since opening to the World on September 11,
2011, the 10th anniversary of the 9/11/01 attacks, the 9/11 Memorial has been
visited by over 2.5 million people from all 50 states and over 150 foreign
countries, reflecting the enormous impact the attacks had across this nation
and the world; and WHEREAS on September 9, 2011 Senators Inouye (HI),
Schumer (NY) and Gillibrand (NY) introduced the National September 11 Memorial and Museum Act of 2011, which
would provide for a permanent authorization of funds to support the operations
and maintenance of the National September 11 Memorial and its accompanying
Museum which will open in 2013; and WHEREAS, throughout our nation’s history, Congress
has stepped forward to authorize operating funds, in public/private
partnerships with private donors, for memorials and museums of national
significance; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the United States
Conference of Mayors urges Congress to pass legislation that would promote the
purposes of the Memorial; including, remembering and honoring thousands of
innocent victims; respecting the site made sacred through tragic loss;
recognizing the endurance of the individuals who survived the attacks; the
courage of the individuals who risked their lived to save others; and the
compassion of the individuals who supported the people of the United States in
our darkest hours. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the United States
Conference of Mayors urges Congress to pass the National September 11 Memorial and Museum Act of 2011 that would
provide permanent funding for the National September 11 Memorial and Museum. |
RESOLUTION ADOPTED JUNE 2012