Full Text of HR0144 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION 144
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The Navy League of the United States was | 3 | | established by President Teddy Roosevelt; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, The United States Navy is second to none in the | 5 | | entire world; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, The United States Navy will be launching and | 7 | | commissioning ten LCS cruiser ships within the next few years | 8 | | to join the fleet under the Freedom class; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, The City of Aurora, Illinois, also called the City | 10 | | of Lights, is now the second largest city within the State of | 11 | | Illinois; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, The City of Aurora, consisting of diversified | 13 | | industries, considers itself a blue collar town, where many | 14 | | have been the first to volunteer to serve their country; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, The City of Aurora lost an inordinate number of | 16 | | military personnel in comparison to its population in combat | 17 | | during World War II; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, The City of Aurora, in succeeding conflicts, | 19 | | contributed men and materials in the protection of the United |
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| 1 | | States as each instance warranted; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The City of Aurora continues to send men and women | 3 | | to serve the United States of America; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, The City of Aurora is proud of the fact that East | 5 | | Aurora High School has the largest NJROTC naval program in the | 6 | | nation; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, The Aurora Council of the Navy League, at its | 8 | | monthly meeting on January 18, 2011, approved a resolution to | 9 | | be adopted which stated that the citizens of Aurora would be | 10 | | honored to have one of the new commissioned ships be named USS | 11 | | Aurora; therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 13 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 14 | | we urge the President and the Secretary of the Navy to name one | 15 | | of the new LCS cruiser ships under construction as the USS | 16 | | Aurora in honor of the City of Aurora and its many | 17 | | contributions to the welfare of the nation; and be it further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be given | 19 | | to the President and the Secretary of the Navy.
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