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HOUSE RESOLUTION



 
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    WHEREAS, President Ronald Wilson Reagan, a man of  humble
 
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background,  worked  throughout  his life serving freedom and 
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advancing  the  public  good,  having  been  employed  as  an
 
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entertainer, union leader, corporate spokesman,  Governor  of
 
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California, and President of the United States; and
 
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    WHEREAS, Ronald Reagan was a native son of Illinois; he was 
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born on February 6, 1911, in the village of Tampico in 
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Whiteside County and at the age of nine moved with his family 
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to the city of Dixon in Lee County, later furthering his 
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education at  Eureka College in Eureka; and
 
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    WHEREAS,  Ronald Reagan served with honor and distinction
 
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for two terms as the 40th President of the United  States  of
 
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America,  the  second  of  which  he earned the confidence of

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three-fifths of the electorate and was victorious  in  49  of
the  
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50  states in the general election, a record unsurpassed    in the 
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history of American presidential elections; and
 

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    WHEREAS, During Mr. Reagan's presidency he  worked  in  a

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bipartisan  manner  to  enact  his  bold  agenda of restoring

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accountability and common sense to government which led to an

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unprecedented economic expansion and opportunity for millions

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of Americans; and
 
 


 






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    WHEREAS,  President  Reagan's  commitment  to  our  armed
forces 
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contributed to the restoration of  pride  in  America,
her  values  
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and  those  cherished  by  the  free  world, and
prepared America's 
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Armed Forces to meet 21st century challenges; and
 
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    WHEREAS, President  Reagan's  vision  of  "peace  through

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strength"  helped lead  to  the  end of the Cold War and the 
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ultimate
demise of the Soviet Union, guaranteeing basic  human  
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rights
for millions of people; and
 
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    WHEREAS,  February  6,  2009 will be the 98th anniversary of 
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Ronald Reagan's birth and the fifth since his passing; 
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therefore, be it
 
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    RESOLVED, BY  THE  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-SIXTH   GENERAL
ASSEMBLY   OF   THE   STATE   OF   ILLINOIS, that we 
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proclaim and recognize February
6, 2009 and every February 6 
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thereafter as "Ronald Reagan Day" and urge all the citizens of 
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Illinois to take cognizance of this event and participate 
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fittingly in its observance.