Full Text of HR0370 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Fayette County on the | 4 | | occasion of its 200th anniversary; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Fayette County was established from Bond, Wayne, | 6 | | Clark, Crawford and Jefferson counties on February 14, 1821, | 7 | | becoming Illinois' 18th county; it was named in honor of Marie | 8 | | Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, the Marquis de | 9 | | Lafayette, the famous French general who fought for the | 10 | | colonies in the Revolutionary War; it was formed as necessary | 11 | | for Vandalia, having been selected as the second capital of | 12 | | the State, to be located within a county with suitable | 13 | | dimensions; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Vandalia was the home to three of the State's | 15 | | capitol buildings from 1819 to 1839, including the Vandalia | 16 | | State House, which was built in 1836 and was the fourth capitol | 17 | | building of Illinois; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Abraham Lincoln, elected from Sangamon County, | 19 | | arrived in Vandalia to take his seat in the legislature on | 20 | | November 29, 1834, where he first formulated his thoughts on | 21 | | slavery and served until the capitol moved to Springfield in | 22 | | March 1839; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, The National Road, proposed by Thomas Jefferson | 2 | | in 1803 and authorized by Congress in 1806, began in | 3 | | Cumberland, Maryland in 1811 and ended in Vandalia in 1837; it | 4 | | served as an important escape route for slaves seeking freedom | 5 | | through the Underground Railroad, with 24 stations located | 6 | | across Fayette, Greene, Washington, and Westmoreland counties | 7 | | serving as stops along the way; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, The 705.5-mile Illinois Central Railroad was | 9 | | joined by a golden spike one mile south of Ramsey on January 5, | 10 | | 1855, officially opening the then-longest railroad in the | 11 | | world; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Fayette County was home to three men, all | 13 | | Democrats, who attained political heights in Illinois | 14 | | government; of the three, two had deep family roots in the | 15 | | county; William M. Farmer, born near Shobonier, was elected to | 16 | | the House of Representatives in 1891 and named to the Illinois | 17 | | Supreme Court in 1906, where he served on the bench for 25 | 18 | | years; Arthur Roe, born in Shafter, was elected to the House of | 19 | | Representatives in 1913 and served as Speaker of the House | 20 | | from 1933 to 1935; Don E. Brummet, having moved to Vandalia in | 21 | | 1939, was elected to four terms in the House of | 22 | | Representatives from 1971 to 1979; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Fayette County is the final resting place of 12 | 2 | | veterans of the American Revolution, James Starrett Carson, | 3 | | James Cheshier, Samuel Davis, Henry Ginger, Wooten Harris, | 4 | | Benjamin Jones, Thomas Mahon, Isaac Martin, John Morrell, | 5 | | Benjamin Todd, James Verden, and Henry Walker, and their | 6 | | heroic service created a nation; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Fayette County is the only county in the State | 8 | | whose courthouse was once a private residence; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Fayette County is home to four locations listed | 10 | | on the National Registry of Historic Places; the Floyd and | 11 | | Glenora Dycus House, located at 305 S. Second Street in | 12 | | Brownstown, was listed on March 2, 2001; the First | 13 | | Presbyterian Church, located at 301 W. Main Street in | 14 | | Vandalia, was listed on March 24, 1982; the Little Brick | 15 | | House, located at 621 St. Clair Street in Vandalia, was listed | 16 | | on June 4, 1973; the Historic Vandalia Statehouse, located at | 17 | | 315 W. Gallatin in Vandalia, was listed on January 21, 1974; | 18 | | and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Fayette County is divided into 20 townships, | 20 | | which are Avena, Bear Grove, Bowling Green, Carson, Kaskaskia, | 21 | | LaClede, Lone Grove, Loudon, North Hurricane, Otego, Pope, | 22 | | Ramsey, Sefton, Seminary, Shafter, Sharon, South Hurricane, | 23 | | Vandalia, Wheatland, and Wilberton; it is home to the cities |
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| 1 | | of St. Elmo and Vandalia; it includes the villages of Bingham, | 2 | | Brownstown, Farina, Ramsey, and St. Peter; it also includes | 3 | | the unincorporated communities of Augsburg, Avena, Bayle City, | 4 | | Bluff City, Confidence, Dressor, Hagarstown, Loogootee, | 5 | | Pittsburg, Shafter, Shobonier, Saint Paul, and Vera; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Fayette County will celebrate its 200th | 7 | | anniversary at the Bicentennial Open House hosted by the | 8 | | Fayette County Genealogical and Historical Society at the | 9 | | Fayette County Museum on June 12, 2021; therefore, be it
| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 11 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 12 | | we congratulate the County of Fayette on the occasion of its | 13 | | 200th year; and be it further
| 14 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 | | presented to Historic Vandalia, Inc. as an expression of our | 16 | | esteem and respect.
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