S.Res. 757

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 757 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. RES. 757

Designating June 11, 2026, as ``National Seersucker Day'', designating 
every subsequent Thursday through the last Thursday in August 2026 as 
``Seersucker Thursday'', and designating June 2026 as ``Seersucker 
Appreciation Month''.

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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

June 8, 2026

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

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RESOLUTION

Designating June 11, 2026, as ``National Seersucker Day'', designating 
every subsequent Thursday through the last Thursday in August 2026 as 
``Seersucker Thursday'', and designating June 2026 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 historic service of the late Senator Dianne 
Feinstein, who 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 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 11, 2026, as ``National Seersucker 
Day'';
(2) designates every subsequent Thursday through the last 
Thursday in August 2026 as ``Seersucker Thursday'';
(3) designates June 2026 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 objectives 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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