{"id":4253,"date":"2021-12-02T13:56:59","date_gmt":"2021-12-02T13:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alausa.org\/?page_id=4253"},"modified":"2025-11-03T23:32:35","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T23:32:35","slug":"congress","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/alausa.org\/en\/about-us\/congress\/","title":{"rendered":"Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Congress Resolutions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/alausa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ALA-74.-kongresa-rezolu%CC%84cijas-1.pdf\">74th Congress &#8211; 2025<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/alausa.org\/en\/ala-73-kongresa-rezolucijas-2\/\">73rd Congress &#8211; 2024<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/alausa.org\/en\/ala-72-kongresa-rezolucijas-2\/\">72nd Congress &#8211; 2023<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/alausa.org\/en\/aktualitates\/ala-71st-congress-resolutions\/\">71st Congress &#8211; 2022<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/alausa.org\/en\/ala-70-kongresa-rezolucijas-2\/\">70th Congress &#8211; 2021<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/alausa.org\/en\/ala-69-kongresa-rezolucijas-2\/\">69th Congress &#8211; 2020<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/alausa.org\/en\/ala-68-kongresa-rezolucijas-2-2\/\">68th Congress &#8211; 2019<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/alausa.org\/en\/ala-67-kongresa-rezolucijas-2\/\">67th Congress &#8211; 2018<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">History of Congress Cities:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>1951<\/td><td>Founding<\/td><td>Washington, DC<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1952<\/td><td>1<\/td><td>Washington, DC<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1953<\/td><td>2<\/td><td>Grand Rapids<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1954<\/td><td>3<\/td><td>Cleveland<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1955<\/td><td>4<\/td><td>New York<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1956<\/td><td>5<\/td><td>Indianapolis<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1957<\/td><td>6<\/td><td>Philadelphia<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1958<\/td><td>7<\/td><td>Detroit<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1959<\/td><td>8<\/td><td>Chicago<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1960<\/td><td>9<\/td><td>Kalamazoo<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1961<\/td><td>10<\/td><td>Washington, DC<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1962<\/td><td>11<\/td><td>Milwaukee<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1963<\/td><td>12<\/td><td>New York<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1964<\/td><td>13<\/td><td>Boston<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1965<\/td><td>14<\/td><td>Chicago<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1966<\/td><td>15<\/td><td>New York<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1967<\/td><td>16<\/td><td>Cleveland<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1968<\/td><td>17<\/td><td>Washington, DC<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1969<\/td><td>18<\/td><td>Philadelphia<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1970<\/td><td>19<\/td><td>Indianapolis<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1971<\/td><td>20<\/td><td>Grand Rapids \/ Garezers<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1972<\/td><td>21<\/td><td>Cleveland<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1973<\/td><td>22<\/td><td>Priedaine<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1974<\/td><td>23<\/td><td>Kalamazoo<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1975<\/td><td>24<\/td><td>New York<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1976<\/td><td>25<\/td><td>Washington, DC<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1977<\/td><td>26<\/td><td>Chicago<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1978<\/td><td>27<\/td><td>Cleveland<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1979<\/td><td>28<\/td><td>Minneapolis<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1980<\/td><td>29<\/td><td>Priedaine<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1981<\/td><td>30<\/td><td>Los Angeles<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1982<\/td><td>31<\/td><td>Detroit<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1983<\/td><td>32<\/td><td>Boston<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1984<\/td><td>33<\/td><td>Kalamazoo<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1985<\/td><td>34<\/td><td>Denver<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1986<\/td><td>35<\/td><td>Washington, DC<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1987<\/td><td>36<\/td><td>Chicago<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1988<\/td><td>37<\/td><td>Grand Rapids<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1989<\/td><td>38<\/td><td>Lincoln, NE<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1990<\/td><td>39<\/td><td>San Francisco<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1991<\/td><td>40<\/td><td>Washington, DC<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1992<\/td><td>41<\/td><td>Minneapolis<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1993<\/td><td>42<\/td><td>Kalamazoo<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1994<\/td><td>43<\/td><td>Rutherford, NJ<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1995<\/td><td>44<\/td><td>Lincoln, NE<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1996<\/td><td>45<\/td><td>Washington, DC<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1997<\/td><td>46<\/td><td>Chicago<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1998<\/td><td>47<\/td><td>San Francisco<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1999<\/td><td>48<\/td><td>Cleveland<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2000<\/td><td>49<\/td><td>Boston<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2001<\/td><td>50<\/td><td>Washington, DC<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2002<\/td><td>51<\/td><td>Cincinnati, OH<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2003<\/td><td>52<\/td><td>St. Paul, MN<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2004<\/td><td>53<\/td><td>Seattle<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2005<\/td><td>54<\/td><td>Kalamazoo<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2006<\/td><td>55<\/td><td>Los Angeles<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2007<\/td><td>56<\/td><td>Chicago<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2008<\/td><td>57<\/td><td>Cleveland<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2009<\/td><td>58<\/td><td>St. Petersburg, FL<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2010<\/td><td>59<\/td><td>San Francisco<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2011<\/td><td>60<\/td><td>Milwaukee<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2012<\/td><td>61<\/td><td>Ann Arbor, MI<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2013<\/td><td>62<\/td><td>Seattle<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2014<\/td><td>63<\/td><td>Philadelphia<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2015<\/td><td>64<\/td><td>Indianapolis<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2016<\/td><td>65<\/td><td>Los Angeles<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2017<\/td><td>66<\/td><td>Chicago<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2018<\/td><td>67<\/td><td>Washington, DC<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2019<\/td><td>68<\/td><td>Denver<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2020<\/td><td>69<\/td><td>(Virtual)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2021<\/td><td>70<\/td><td>Chicago<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2022<\/td><td>71<\/td><td>Boston<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2023<\/td><td>72<\/td><td>Carmel, Indiana<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2024<\/td><td>73<\/td><td>Portland, Oregon<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2025<\/td><td>74<\/td><td>Minneapolis, Minnesota<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congress Resolutions 74th Congress &#8211; 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