Full Text of HR0808 95th General Assembly
HR0808 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The Governor's Home Town Awards will be given out | 3 |
| on November 27, 2007 at an awards banquet at the Crown Plaza | 4 |
| Hotel in Springfield; and | 5 |
| WHEREAS, The City of Breese celebrated its 150th | 6 |
| anniversary in June of 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, The celebration included a visit by the Mobile | 8 |
| Vietnam Wall Memorial, a raffle for a 2006 Mustang Convertible, | 9 |
| a vintage baseball tournament, a car show, and a parade; and
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| WHEREAS, The Mobile Vietnam Wall Memorial is a scaled | 11 |
| replica of The Wall located in Washington, D.C., that travels | 12 |
| the country; it was developed to give those who are unable to | 13 |
| travel to Washington the opportunity to see their loved ones' | 14 |
| names on the Wall; and
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| WHEREAS, The celebration events were sponsored by the | 16 |
| Vietnam Veterans of America, the
Lions Club, the
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| Department, the
Jaycees, the
American Legion Auxiliary, and the
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| Historical Society; and
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| WHEREAS, The sesquicentennial celebration happened on the | 20 |
| weekend of June 2-4, 2006; because of the community's efforts |
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| on this anniversary project, the community was selected as a | 2 |
| recipient of the 2007 Governor's Home Town Award; therefore, be | 3 |
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 5 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 6 |
| congratulate the City of Breese on this award, and we wish the | 7 |
| residents a prosperous future; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 |
| presented to the City of Breese as an expression of our esteem.
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