,,iii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #aii  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #be1
 #bjac ,mr4 ,coons 7for himself and ,mr4
 ,carper7 submitted the following       
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on the ,judiciary  ,august   
#a1 #bjac ,committee discharged2        
considered and agreed to  ,,resolution  
,celebrating the #bjjth ,august         
,quarterly ,festival taking place from  
,august #ah1 #bjac1 through ,august #be1
 #bjac1 in ,wilmington1 ,delaware4      
,whereas1 #bjj years before the date of 
agreement to this resolution1 in #ahac1 
,peter ,spencer founded the ,african    
,union ,church1 #a of the first         
,african-,american institutions legally 
incorporated within the ,united ,states2
 ,whereas1 #a year later1 in #ahad1     
,spencer and the ,african ,union ,church
 convened the first ,august ,quarterly  
meeting and festival in ,wilmington1    
,delaware1 bringing thousands of        
,african-,americans together to         

celebrate their faith2 ,whereas the     
,august ,quarterly 7or ,big ,quarterly7 
,festival became a meeting place for    
,african-,americans celebrating freedom1
 sharing in solidarity1 and looking for 
relatives lost or sold in the           
institution of slavery1 and a means     
through which ,harriett ,tubman and     
other conductors and station masters of 
the ,underground ,railroad met with     
those looking to escape the bonds of    
slavery2 ,whereas the ,august ,quarterly
 ,festival is well recognized as the    
longest continuously celebrated         
,african-,american festival in the      
,united ,states2 and ,whereas1 from     
,august #ah1 #bjac1 through ,august #be1
 #bjac1 thousands of people will come   
together in ,wilmington1 ,delaware1 to  
celebrate the #bjjth ,august ,quarterly 
,festival3 ,now1 therefore1 be it  ,that
 the ,senate--  7#a7 celebrates the     
#bjjth ,august ,quarterly ,festival     
taking place from ,august #ah1 #bjac1   
through ,august #be1 #bjac2  7#b7       

recognizes the historical significance  
of the ,august ,quarterly ,festival and 
the role the festival has played since  
#ahad in celebrating faith1 community1  
culture1 and freedom2  7#c7 honors the  
life of leadership1 faith1 and service  
of ,peter ,spencer1 founder of the      
,african ,union ,church and of the      
,august ,quarterly ,festival2 and  7#d7 
recognizes the service volunteers and   
religious leaders who ensure that the   
legacy of ,peter ,spencer lives on      
through the continuation of the ,august 
,quarterly ,festival4