Full Text of SR0224 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are pleased to | 3 | | join Danville in celebrating the commemoration of the 125th | 4 | | anniversary of the Danville branch of the VA Illiana Health | 5 | | Care System, the Danville VA Medical Center; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, The Danville Branch of the National Home for | 7 | | Disabled Volunteer Soldiers was founded in 1898 and was the | 8 | | eighth of ten "homes" established by the National Home for | 9 | | Disabled Volunteer Soldiers nationwide between 1866 and 1929; | 10 | | and | 11 | | WHEREAS, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives | 12 | | Joseph Cannon of Danville played an important role in the | 13 | | creation of the Danville branch of the National Home for | 14 | | Disabled Volunteer Soldiers; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, The facility was developed to provide long-term | 16 | | health care and maintenance for the thousands of disabled or | 17 | | elderly veterans who had served in the Union forces during the | 18 | | American Civil War, and it presaged the modern system of | 19 | | veterans' medical centers; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Illinois had a significant need for a home, | 21 | | sending more than a quarter of a million enlisted men to serve |
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| 1 | | in the Civil War, with more than 34,000 laying down their lives | 2 | | for the Union cause; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, The VA Illiana Health Care System is dedicated to | 4 | | providing veterans with health care services at six locations, | 5 | | serving a 34-county area of central Illinois and west-central | 6 | | Indiana; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, In response to the need for affordable housing | 8 | | for veterans and their families, the VA Illiana Health Care | 9 | | System collaborated with the opening of Cannon Place in 2017 | 10 | | and expanded Veterans Villages in 2020; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, The VA Illiana Health Care System is one of the | 12 | | leading health care systems, serving veterans in the VA Great | 13 | | Lakes Network; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, In 2022, the VA Illiana Health Care System | 15 | | provided 337,981 in-person visits, provided 32,854 bed days of | 16 | | care, and provided 6,573 telehealth visits, showcasing their | 17 | | dedication to helping those who served with the care they | 18 | | deserve; therefore, be it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | 20 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we commemorate the | 21 | | 125th anniversary of the Danville branch of the VA Illiana |
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| 1 | | Health Care System, the Danville VA Medical Center, and | 2 | | commend them for their dedication to our State's veterans; and | 3 | | be it further
| 4 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 5 | | presented to the Danville VA Medical Center as a symbol of our | 6 | | respect and esteem.
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