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| HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The Thomas A. Bolger family for years proudly |
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| owned the land where the William G. Stratton Lock and Dam on |
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| the Fox River currently controls the water flow of the Fox |
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| River; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1938 and 1939, during the Great Depression, the |
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| William G. Stratton Lock and Dam was constructed through labor |
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| provided by members of the Civilian Conservation Corps, who |
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| used boulders donated by the Bolger family in the construction |
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| of the Lock and the Dam; and
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| WHEREAS, Thomas A. Bolger was a proud and distinguished |
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| member of the McHenry community and was dedicated to serving |
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| the interests of the people of that community; as a man who |
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| valued education, he was instrumental in forming School |
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| District 156; he was first elected as an Illinois State |
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| Representative in 1930 and faithfully served the People of the |
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| State of Illinois for eleven consecutive terms; and
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| WHEREAS, We wish to permanently commemorate the Bolger |
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| family's contributions to the people and places of the City of |
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| McHenry and the State of Illinois and their historic role in |
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| the construction of this important Lock and Dam on Illinois' |
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| Fox River; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE |
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| SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that the William G. Stratton Lock and |
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| Dam shall hereafter be known as the Bolger Lock and Dam; and be |
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| it further
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| RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Natural |
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| Resources is requested to erect appropriate plaques or signs |
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| giving notice of the Bolger Lock and Dam; and be it further
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