093_HR0167

                                     LRB093 11376 KEF 13715 r

 1                          HOUSE RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS, The institution of slavery was terminated  in  a
 3    complex  series  of  events  occurring during and immediately
 4    after the Civil War; and

 5        WHEREAS, On June 19th, 1865, the last of the slaves  held
 6    in bondage in the United States were set free; and

 7        WHEREAS,  All  Americans  benefit  from and all Americans
 8    should remember and celebrate the ending of slavery  and  the
 9    joining together of all of our people in freedom; and

10        WHEREAS,  Our  free enterprise system is fundamentally at
11    odds  with  slavery  and  has  been   strengthened   by   its
12    elimination; and

13        WHEREAS,  No  single  Day  of  Remembrance  is  currently
14    established for the celebration of slavery's end; and

15        WHEREAS,  The  United  States  currently  celebrates  two
16    national  Days  of  Remembrance, "Flag Day" and "Pearl Harbor
17    Day"; and

18        WHEREAS,  The  State  of  Texas  and  six  other   states
19    currently celebrate "Juneteenth" on June 19th of each year to
20    recall the end of slavery; therefore, be it

21        RESOLVED,   BY   THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES  OF  THE
22    NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,  that
23    we  designate June 19th as "Juneteenth Day of Remembrance" in
24    the State of Illinois to recall  the  ending  of  the  horrid
25    institution of slavery.