# Plain Language Summary: Beirut Veterans Remembrance Day Resolution

This resolution is Congress's way of officially recognizing October 23, 2023, as "Beirut Veterans Remembrance Day" to honor the Marines and other service members who were killed in a terrorist bombing in Beirut, Lebanon, back in 1983. On that date forty years earlier, a truck bomb destroyed the Marine Corps headquarters in Beirut, killing 241 American service members along with 58 French paratroopers. It remains one of the deadliest attacks on American military personnel in history.

A resolution like this doesn't create any new laws or change government policies—it's essentially Congress making an official statement of remembrance and respect. It's a symbolic gesture that says the nation recognizes the sacrifice these soldiers made and wants to set aside a specific day to remember them. This type of resolution allows Congress to honor important historical events and the people affected by them without requiring any government action or spending.

For veterans and families of those who died in the Beirut bombing, this recognition provides official acknowledgment of their loss at the national level. It gives people a designated day to remember and honor those who died, and it ensures that this tragic event remains part of the nation's collective memory. While the resolution itself doesn't provide benefits or change any programs, it represents the government's formal respect for their service and sacrifice.

A resolution expressing support for the designation of October 23, 2023, as "Beirut Veterans Remembrance Day" to remember the tragic terrorist bombing of the Marine Corps headquarters in Beirut, Lebanon, in 1983.

Tillis, Thomas

 <p>This resolution supports the designation of October 23, 2023, as Beirut Veterans Remembrance Day to honor members of the Armed Forces who were killed or injured by the terrorist attack on the Marine Corps headquarters in Beirut, Lebanon, on October 23, 1983.</p>