WHEREAS, Peter Francisco was abandoned as a young child near the present-day site of Hopewell, Virginia, in 1765 and was taken in by Judge Anthony Winston to live and work as an indentured servant; and

WHEREAS, Peter Francisco listened to Patrick Henry’s historic “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death” speech through a window of St. John’s Church in Richmond on March 23, 1775, and eagerly joined the fight for American independence as a soldier at age sixteen; and

SAPAGKAT, si Peter Francisco ay nagpakita ng kahanga-hangang katapangan sa maraming laban, nagligtas sa buhay ng kanyang pinunong opisyal, at nakaligtas sa maraming pinsala sa panahon ng digmaan; at nasaksihan ang mapagpasyang tagumpay ni Heneral George Washington at ang pagsuko ng Britanya sa Yorktown, Virginia; at

SAPAGKAT, si Peter Francisco ay nagsilbi bilang Sergeant-at-Arms sa Virginia House of Delegates mula 1825 hanggang sa kanyang kamatayan noong Enero 16, 1831, pagkatapos nito ay pinarangalan siya ng Virginia House of Delegates at inilibing na may mga parangal ng militar sa Richmond's Shockoe Cemetery; at

SAPAGKAT, si Peter Francisco ay nagsilbi sa kanyang bansa at sa Commonwealth of Virginia nang may malaking katangi-tangi at gumawa ng mahahalagang kontribusyon sa kasaysayan ng ating Commonwealth at bansa; at

SAPAGKAT, ipinagmamalaki ng Commonwealth of Virginia na parangalan ang serbisyo ni Peter Francisco sa ating Commonwealth at bansa sa pamamagitan ng pagkilala sa Marso 15bilang Araw ni Peter Francisco;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Glenn Youngkin, do hereby recognize March 15, 2023, as PETER FRANCISCO DAY in the COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, and I call this observance to the attention of all our citizens.