Full Text of HR0610 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Throughout history, Polish
Highlanders have faced | 3 | | numerous hardships; whether it was rugged country, difficult | 4 | | climate, nonproductive
soil, or oppressive invaders they | 5 | | persevered, and in doing so, formed a unique culture with a | 6 | | distinct dialect,
agropastoral farming practices, | 7 | | architecture, dress, music, cuisine, and mindset; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Polish
Highlanders emigrated to Chicago as part of | 9 | | the
great Polish emigration; their wide-ranging skills were in | 10 | | high demand in the city's stockyards, and they joined the | 11 | | growing communities that were centered around their local | 12 | | parishes; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, With the outbreak of World War I, Polish | 14 | | Highlanders heeded the call to arms and sacrificed blood for | 15 | | freedom and independence; after the war, they returned to | 16 | | participate in the economic boom that took place in America; | 17 | | and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, During World War II, Polish Highlanders rebelled | 19 | | with
the Polish nation and fought the German Nazis as partisan | 20 | | freedom fighters; after the war, the imposition of
communism | 21 | | upon Poland was widely rejected and many
Highlanders again | 22 | | emigrated to America; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Polish Highlanders have contributed to the | 2 | | economy of Illinois in construction, maintenance services, | 3 | | transportation, education, military, government, religion, and | 4 | | medicine; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Polish Highlanders have embraced life in the | 6 | | Chicago
area while maintaining their rich cultural dress, | 7 | | music, and cuisine; today the community is concentrated in
the | 8 | | southwest metro area of greater Chicagoland and is estimated to | 9 | | be 100,000 persons strong; therefore, be it
| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 11 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 12 | | declare October 22, 2017 as "Polish Highlander Day" in the | 13 | | State of Illinois.
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