Full Text of HR0510 94th General Assembly
HR0510 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Memorial Day was officially proclaimed on May 5, | 3 |
| 1868, by General John Logan, national commander of the Grand | 4 |
| Army of the Republic, in his General Order No. 11 and was first | 5 |
| observed on May 30, 1868, when flowers were placed on the | 6 |
| graves of Union and Confederate soldiers at Arlington National | 7 |
| Cemetery; and
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| WHEREAS, Memorial Day was officially declared a national | 9 |
| holiday in May of 1966 by President Lyndon B. Johnson as a | 10 |
| national day of remembrance for those who have died in our | 11 |
| nation's service; a day where every citizen of the United | 12 |
| States can actively remember our ancestors, our family members, | 13 |
| our loved ones, our neighbors, and our friends who have given | 14 |
| the ultimate sacrifice; Memorial Day traditionally has been | 15 |
| observed on May 30th of each year, but is currently observed on | 16 |
| the last Monday in the month of May; and
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| WHEREAS, There are many ways in which citizens of the | 18 |
| United States can honor all of the fallen soldiers that have | 19 |
| given the ultimate sacrifice for the freedoms offered by this | 20 |
| great nation, including visiting cemeteries and placing flags | 21 |
| or flowers on the graves of our fallen heroes, visiting | 22 |
| memorials, flying the United State's flag at half-staff until | 23 |
| noon, flying the POW/MIA Flag at half-staff until noon, | 24 |
| participating in the "National Moment of Remembrance" at 3 p.m. | 25 |
| to pause and think upon the true meaning of the day, by | 26 |
| renewing a pledge to aid the widows, widowers, and orphans of | 27 |
| our fallen dead, and to aid the disabled veterans; and
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| WHEREAS, The State of Illinois strongly supports all of our | 29 |
| men and women of the armed forces, both active and departed, | 30 |
| and wants to further honor the sacrifice of all United States | 31 |
| men and women who have faithfully served in our armed forces; | 32 |
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| WHEREAS, It is appropriate that the Illinois General | 2 |
| Assembly establish a new Memorial Day tradition honoring our | 3 |
| fallen brethren by reading an annual list of all of the names | 4 |
| of those American soldiers that have given the ultimate | 5 |
| sacrifice; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 7 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 8 |
| beginning in 2006, the Illinois House of Representatives shall | 9 |
| adopt the policy, whether by rule or other action, that | 10 |
| provides that the House Clerk shall annually, either on | 11 |
| Memorial Day or on a reasonable session day scheduled prior to | 12 |
| Memorial Day, read the names of all of the soldiers, from each | 13 |
| and every branch of the United States armed forces and military | 14 |
| reserves, who have been killed in the line of duty during the | 15 |
| prior year; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the list is to be obtained by the House | 17 |
| Clerk no later than May 15 of every year, and the clerk may | 18 |
| enlist the help of the United States Department of Defense or | 19 |
| the Illinois Department of Military Affairs so that the most | 20 |
| accurate account of fallen soldiers may be honored by the | 21 |
| Illinois House of Representatives as well as all of the State | 22 |
| of Illinois; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the House Clerk shall always preface the | 24 |
| reading of the list of fallen United States soldiers with the | 25 |
| following quote from former President Abraham Lincoln as stated | 26 |
| in the Gettysburg Address "From these honored dead we take | 27 |
| increased devotion to that cause for which they here gave the | 28 |
| last full measure of devotion - that we here highly resolve | 29 |
| that these dead shall not have died in vain."; and be it | 30 |
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| RESOLVED, That, if in any year, no soldier in the United |
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| States armed forces and military reserves has been killed in | 2 |
| the line of duty, then the House Clerk shall then offer a | 3 |
| moment of silence and reflection to be taken in order to | 4 |
| remember those soldiers that have fallen in the past and is to | 5 |
| offer a prayer that our soldiers continue to be protected from | 6 |
| potential harm while serving our country; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution shall be presented | 8 |
| to Speaker of the House of Representatives of the State of | 9 |
| Illinois, Michael J. Madigan; House of Representatives of the | 10 |
| State of Illinois Minority Leader Tom Cross; United States | 11 |
| Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert; United States Senator Dick | 12 |
| Durbin; United States Senator Barack Obama; every member of the | 13 |
| Ninety-Fourth General Assembly of the State of Illinois; and | 14 |
| every member of the Illinois Congressional delegation.
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