Full Text of HR0751 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION | 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate the Franklin Park Public | 4 | | Library on the completion of its first 125 years of operation; | 5 | | and | 6 | | WHEREAS, In the closing months of the 19th century, a | 7 | | group of residents of Franklin Park, mostly women, decided | 8 | | that their Illinois community deserved to have a library; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, The Franklin Park Ladies Literary and Social | 10 | | Club, later renamed the Franklin Park Women's Club, asked | 11 | | their neighbors to bring books to Wasson's store at 9602 | 12 | | Franklin Avenue, and the first book was donated on April 15, | 13 | | 1899; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, The small store, which also sold ice cream, | 15 | | cigars, and other goods, was the first home of the Franklin | 16 | | Park Library for more than a decade; from 1916 until 1932, the | 17 | | library was moved to other locations; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, The Great Depression was a threat to the survival | 19 | | of the Franklin Park Library, and in 1932, it suspended its | 20 | | operations for four years until 1936; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, With help from the New Deal, the Franklin Park | 2 | | Women's Club reopened the Franklin Park Library in 1936; | 3 | | control of the library moved to the Village of Franklin Park in | 4 | | 1941, but it continued to move through a series of municipal | 5 | | and private-sector locations; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, During the 1960s and 1970s, the people of | 7 | | Franklin Park demonstrated by referendum their increasing | 8 | | support for the Franklin Park Library, authorizing a property | 9 | | tax for its support in 1962 and approving its promotion to the | 10 | | status of a Special Service District in 1970, which made it | 11 | | possible to construct a new, free-standing library; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, The current Franklin Park Public Library was | 13 | | dedicated on April 1, 1984, and it was then expanded with the | 14 | | addition of a children's library space and two meeting rooms | 15 | | and dedicated on January 29, 1989; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, As of 2024, the Franklin Park Public Library's | 17 | | collection exceeds 111,000 volumes and items of audiovisual | 18 | | material, including items in the library's collection of local | 19 | | history; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, This successful collection dates back to the time | 21 | | of President William McKinley; therefore, be it |
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 2 | | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 3 | | we congratulate the Franklin Park Public Library on the | 4 | | completion of its first 125 years of operation; and be it | 5 | | further | 6 | | RESOLVED, That we hope that the Franklin Park Public | 7 | | Library continues to be a bulwark of the community, the | 8 | | children of Franklin Park, and the people of Franklin Park for | 9 | | at least another 125 years; and be it further | 10 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 | | presented to Franklin Park Public Library Director Vanessa | 12 | | Morrison, who has served as the director since 2023. |
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