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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, On September 25, 2005, the Louis Joliet Chapter of |
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| the National Society of the Daughters of the American |
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| Revolution will be "marking" the Plymouth Congregational |
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| Church meeting house in recognition of its long service to Will |
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| County; and
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| WHEREAS, The special event will include a program in the |
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| church, the unveiling and dedication of a bronze plaque which |
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| will be affixed to a large rock on the church lawn, and light |
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| refreshments; and
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| WHEREAS, The Greek Revival frame building, now known as |
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| Plymouth Congregational Church, was built in 1850 and dedicated |
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| on January 14, 1851, by the members of the Plainfield |
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| Congregational Church, who organized their congregation in the |
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| mid-1830s; and
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| WHEREAS, The building was remodeled in the early 1900s and |
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| an addition to the west and north was completed in 2002; |
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| located in the Village of Plainfield, which evolved from an |
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| early pioneer community in the Will County region, the historic |
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| structure continues to serve the original purpose for which it |
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| was erected; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
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| we congratulate the Plymouth Congregational Church on being |
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| "marked" by the National Society of the Daughters of the |
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| American Revolution in recognition of its long service to Will |
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| County; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to the church as an expression of our respect and |
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| esteem.
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