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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The Potawatomi Trail of Death was the forced |
| 3 | | removal by militia in 1838 of approximately 859 members of the |
| 4 | | Potawatomi nation from Indiana to reservation lands in what is |
| 5 | | now eastern Kansas; and
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| 6 | | WHEREAS, During the journey to Kansas, 42 people died, 28 |
| 7 | | of them children; and
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| 8 | | WHEREAS, The Trail of Death passed through Decatur in what |
| 9 | | is now Mueller Park; and
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| 10 | | WHEREAS, A historical marker known as The Rock was placed |
| 11 | | in Mueller Park on Lake Shore Drive in 1994 by Zita and Bernard |
| 12 | | Wright to commemorate the trail; and
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| 13 | | WHEREAS, There is no road sign directing people to the |
| 14 | | historical marker; therefore, be it
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| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE |
| 16 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
| 17 | | the Illinois Department of Transportation
is requested to |
| 18 | | erect at suitable locations, consistent with
State and federal |
| 19 | | regulations, appropriate plaques or signs
directing people to |
| 20 | | the location of the Trail of Death historical marker; and be it |