HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 48

51st legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2013

INTRODUCED BY

Don L. Tripp

 

 

 

 

 

A JOINT MEMORIAL

DECLARING MARCH 14 (3.14) TO BE "PI DAY NEW MEXICO" AT THE LEGISLATURE.

 

     WHEREAS, March 14 can be represented by the number 3.14, the simplest value for pi; and

     WHEREAS, March 14 is Albert Einstein's birthday; and

     WHEREAS, pi day's first large-scale celebration was twenty-five years ago at the exploratorium in San Francisco, California; and

     WHEREAS, in 2009, the United States house of representatives acknowledged the designation of March 14 as pi day, an unofficial holiday celebrating the mathematical constant pi; and

     WHEREAS, pi day is an educational, fun-filled celebration of art, science and sharing food (pie); and

     WHEREAS, New Mexico has the best art, the most advanced science and a tradition of sharing unique food that is not surpassed;

     NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that March 14 (3.14) be declared "Pi Day New Mexico" at the legislature; and

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this memorial be transmitted to Hand Pi, LLC.

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