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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The Potawatomi Trail of Death was the forced 
3removal by militia in 1838 of approximately 859 members of the 
4Potawatomi nation from Indiana to reservation lands in what is 
5now eastern Kansas; and
  
 
6    WHEREAS, During the journey to Kansas, 42 people died, 28 
7of them children; and
  
 
8    WHEREAS, The Trail of Death passed through Decatur in what 
9is now Mueller Park; and
  
 
10    WHEREAS, A historical marker known as The Rock was placed 
11in Mueller Park on Lake Shore Drive in 1994 by Zita and Bernard 
12Wright to commemorate the trail; and
  
 
13    WHEREAS, There is no road sign directing people to the 
14historical marker; therefore, be it
  
 
  
15    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE 
16HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
17the Illinois Department of Transportation
is requested to 
18erect at suitable locations, consistent with
State and federal 
19regulations, appropriate plaques or signs
directing people to 
20the location of the Trail of Death historical marker; and be it 
 
 
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2    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
3delivered to the Secretary of the Illinois Department of 
4Transportation.