[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 719 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 719

Designating June 13, 2024, as ``National Seersucker Day'', designating 
every Thursday after National Seersucker Day through the last Thursday 
in August 2024 as ``Seersucker Thursday'', and designating June 2024 as 
                   ``Seersucker Appreciation Month''.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 4, 2024

   Mr. Cassidy (for himself and Mr. Warnock) submitted the following 
             resolution; which was considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Designating June 13, 2024, as ``National Seersucker Day'', designating 
every Thursday after National Seersucker Day through the last Thursday 
in August 2024 as ``Seersucker Thursday'', and designating June 2024 as 
                   ``Seersucker Appreciation Month''.

Whereas seersucker was introduced to the United States in the South in the 
        middle of the 19th century;
Whereas seersucker suits were popularized in the United States in the early 
        1900s by New Orleans businessman Joseph Haspel at his Broad Street 
        facility in New Orleans, Louisiana;
Whereas, as a lightweight, hard-wearing fabric, seersucker is mostly worn and 
        enjoyed by the people of the United States during hot summer months;
Whereas former Senator Trent Lott of Mississippi brought Seersucker Thursday to 
        Congress in 1996, and after the day went unobserved in 2012 and 2013, 
        then-Representative Bill Cassidy, with the help of the late Senator 
        Dianne Feinstein, revived the tradition in 2014;
Whereas the Senate will remember the late Senator Dianne Feinstein's historic 
        service as she shall forever remain a part of this tradition, which 
        Senator Raphael Warnock will continue in her stead;
Whereas the name ``seersucker'' originates from the Persian phrase ``shir-o-
        shakar'', meaning ``milk and sugar'', alluding to the alternating 
        textures of the fabric;
Whereas the seersucker textile is made of cotton, linen, or silk (or 
        combinations thereof), woven on a loom with threads at different 
        tensions, creating alternating stripes of smooth and puckered textures 
        that do not lay flat on one's skin, which is what makes the fabric so 
        breathable;
Whereas cotton is an important crop that producers in the United States, 
        including 3,500 family farms in Georgia, strive to cultivate in the 
        highest quality; and
Whereas one of the 2 alternating stripes in seersucker is frequently in a color, 
        typically blue, but sometimes gray, green, tan, red, pink, or another 
        color, which, in combination with the white stripes, creates the iconic 
        pattern so well known today: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) designates June 13, 2024, as ``National Seersucker 
        Day'';
            (2) designates every Thursday after National Seersucker Day 
        through the last Thursday in August 2024 as ``Seersucker 
        Thursday'';
            (3) designates June 2024 as ``Seersucker Appreciation 
        Month'';
            (4) recognizes the contributions of the hard-working people 
        of the United States through the wearing of seersucker, the 
        unique warm weather clothing known as the working person's 
        uniform;
            (5) encourages Senators to support the objective of 
        National Seersucker Day and Seersucker Thursday;
            (6) encourages local governments in the United States to 
        build partnerships with local organizations and other members 
        of the clothing industries and enthusiasts to promote the 
        wearing of seersucker; and
            (7) invites the people of the United States to don their 
        warm weather finest on National Seersucker Day and every 
        Seersucker Thursday.
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