Full Text of HR0917 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Thaddeus Kosciuszko was a Polish-Lithuanian | 3 | | military engineer, statesman, and military leader who became a | 4 | | national hero in Poland, Lithuania, Belarus, and the United | 5 | | States; he built Fortress West Point, which he suggested be | 6 | | used as the United States Military Academy, and devised the | 7 | | winning strategy for the Battle of Saratoga, which was the | 8 | | turning point of the American Revolution; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Thaddeus Kosciuszko fought to free the white | 10 | | indentured peasants of Europe; he stood up for the rights of | 11 | | enslaved Africans, Native Americans, Jews, women, and many | 12 | | others; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Thaddeus Kosciuszko set aside his salary from the | 14 | | American Revolution with instructions that it be used to | 15 | | purchase and free slaves and that money be left to provide for | 16 | | their education and for the purchase of land, cattle, and | 17 | | farming tools for them so | | | they could support themselves in our | 18 | | free country; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, The U.S. Army has 10 bases named after confederate | 20 | | officers, such as Braxton Bragg, who were traitors and declared | 21 | | war on the United States; therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 2 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 3 | | we urge the U.S. Government to rename Fort Bragg as Fort | 4 | | Kosciuszko in honor of Thaddeus Kosciuszko; and be it further
| 5 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 6 | | delivered to the President of the United States, the U.S. | 7 | | Senate Majority Leader, the U.S. Senate Minority Leader, the | 8 | | U.S. Speaker of the House, the U.S. House of Representatives | 9 | | Minority Leader, all members of the Illinois Congressional | 10 | | Delegation, and the Kosciuszko Foundation.
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