Full Text of HJR0114 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The Honorable Abraham Lincoln was, prior to his | 3 | | election, a resident of Illinois; upon his election as | 4 | | President of the United States, he became Commander-in-Chief of | 5 | | the nation's
armed forces, in accordance with Section 2 of | 6 | | Article II of the Constitution of the United States; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, During the entire period of President Lincoln's | 8 | | terms in office, the United States was engaged in
the Civil | 9 | | War; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Although President Lincoln, as | 11 | | Commander-in-Chief, was a civilian, he was closely
connected | 12 | | with the armed forces of the United States during this period, | 13 | | ceaselessly visiting
operating units of the armed forces as | 14 | | well as the field hospitals and other facilities set aside for | 15 | | the
care and treatment of sick and wounded soldiers and | 16 | | sailors; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Five days after the surrender of General Robert E. | 18 | | Lee and the Army of Northern
Virginia, then being the principal | 19 | | force bearing arms in support of the Confederate States
of | 20 | | America, President Lincoln was fatally wounded on April 14, | 21 | | 1865 by an enraged and
resentful partisan of the insurgency; | 22 | | and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Upon President Lincoln's death on the morning of | 2 | | April 15, 1865, he was identified as a victim of the Civil War | 3 | | and is considered one of the final casualties of the tragic | 4 | | conflict; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, President Lincoln's home state of Illinois laid | 6 | | claim, with the support of his widow
Mary Todd Lincoln, to his | 7 | | mortal remains; over a 20-day period, the remains of the | 8 | | President
were returned to Illinois in a scene of intense | 9 | | gratitude for his service to the nation; on May 4, 1865,
the | 10 | | remains of the President, after being transported through the | 11 | | streets of Springfield, were laid to rest in Oak Ridge | 12 | | Cemetery, close to the site where they remain today; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, The 2015 Lincoln Funeral Coalition has taken on | 14 | | the responsibility of organizing a
historically accurate | 15 | | reenactment of President Lincoln's funeral procession
through | 16 | | Springfield; in so doing, the Coalition and its Board of | 17 | | Directors, participants, and volunteers
have set forth as part | 18 | | of their mission statement the goals of educating reenactment | 19 | | participants,
coordinating the reenactment, and promoting the | 20 | | solemn and dignified observance of the occasion; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, The dates designated for the funeral reenactment | 22 | | are May 2 and May 3, 2015; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, It is highly fitting that the State of Illinois | 2 | | pay honor and respect to President Lincoln by observing the | 3 | | sesquicentennial of his death and funeral; therefore, be it | 4 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 5 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | 6 | | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate the days of May 2, | 7 | | 2015, May 3, 2015, and May 4, 2015 as days of remembrance in | 8 | | honor of the 150th anniversary of the death and funeral of | 9 | | President Abraham Lincoln; and be it further | 10 | | RESOLVED, That we request the Governor to order the United | 11 | | States
national flag and the State flag of Illinois to be flown | 12 | | at half-staff on the days of May 2, 2015, May 3, 2015, and May
| 13 | | 4, 2015; and be it further
| 14 | | RESOLVED, That we encourage all residents of the State to | 15 | | display the United States
national flag and the State flag of | 16 | | Illinois at half-staff during these days of remembrance; and be | 17 | | it further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 19 | | presented to the Governor and to
Katie Spindell, Chairman of | 20 | | the 2015 Lincoln Funeral Coalition.
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