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2002 SESSION


HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 365
Celebrating the life of Edward Rowenhorst.

Agreed to by the House of Delegates, February 9, 2002
Agreed to by the Senate, February 14, 2002

WHEREAS, on September 11, 2001, terrorists launched a violent attack on the United States, causing great destruction and horrible human suffering in New York, Virginia, and Pennsylvania; and

WHEREAS, the attack had a devastating effect in Virginia, home of the Pentagon and of many of the personnel, military and civilian, who served there; and

WHEREAS, among the victims of the Pentagon attack was Edward Rowenhorst of the Prince William County community of Lake Ridge, a civilian accountant for the United States Army; and

WHEREAS, Edward Rowenhorst, married and the father of two young daughters, had recently moved with his family to Lake Ridge from Fredericksburg; and

WHEREAS, noted for his enthusiasm and his devotion to his young family Edward Rowenhorst was already well-known and popular in his neighborhood; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the General Assembly note with sadness the loss of Edward Rowenhorst, an innocent victim of the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to the family of Edward Rowenhorst as an expression of the heartfelt condolences of the General Assembly of Virginia.