Full Text of HR1271 100th General Assembly
HR1271 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
| | HR1271 | | LRB100 24055 ALS 43254 r |
|
| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate the schoolchildren of | 4 | | Sangamon County on raising over $18,000 worth of pennies and | 5 | | spare change over a period of two weeks in order to purchase | 6 | | the Minute Book of Sangamon County; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, The penny drive was modeled after a similar | 8 | | campaign from the early 1940s, when Illinois State Historical | 9 | | Library Trustee Oliver Barrett asked schoolchildren from | 10 | | around the state to raise money to buy the "Everett Copy," a | 11 | | copy of the Gettysburg Address written by Abraham Lincoln | 12 | | himself; the campaign was extremely successful and raised | 13 | | $50,000; the Everett Copy now resides at the Abraham Lincoln | 14 | | Presidential Library and Museum; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, As part of the Illinois Bicentennial, Sangamon | 16 | | County schoolchildren were encouraged to donate pennies and | 17 | | spare change as part of the "Illinois Proud Penny Drive" | 18 | | campaign, which ran for two weeks from April 16, 2018 until | 19 | | April 27, 2018, with a goal of $15,000; that goal was | 20 | | surpassed, and $18,031 was raised; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Proceeds from the Illinois Proud Penny drive will | 22 | | be used to buy the Minute Book of the Sangamon County Circuit |
| | | HR1271 | - 2 - | LRB100 24055 ALS 43254 r |
|
| 1 | | Court from July 6, 1835 to July 7, 1838, which contains a | 2 | | certification that formally admitted Abraham Lincoln to the | 3 | | Illinois Bar and attested to his "good moral character"; in | 4 | | addition, the book contains records of some of the earliest | 5 | | cases with which Abraham Lincoln and his law partner, John Todd | 6 | | Stuart, were involved; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, The penny drive was a true community effort, | 8 | | involving not only children from more than 60 Sangamon County | 9 | | schools, but also contributors such as the Sangamon County Bar | 10 | | Association and Staab Funeral Homes, as well as partners | 11 | | including the Bank of Springfield, Pease's at Bunn Gourmet, | 12 | | Midwest Family Broadcasting, Looking for Lincoln, Springfield | 13 | | Pepsi Bottling Company, Giganti & Giganti, Staff Carpet, | 14 | | Midwest Office Supply, and the Illinois Bicentennial | 15 | | Commission; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Because of the efforts of these community partners | 17 | | and the schoolchildren of Sangamon County, the Minute Book of | 18 | | Sangamon County will be brought back to Mr. Lincoln's hometown | 19 | | and displayed in the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum for | 20 | | visitors to admire; therefore, be it
| 21 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 22 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 23 | | congratulate the children of Sangamon County on their efforts |
| | | HR1271 | - 3 - | LRB100 24055 ALS 43254 r |
|
| 1 | | to bring this historic Lincoln artifact back to his hometown, | 2 | | and we admire their hard work and dedication, as well as that | 3 | | of the community, to make a meaningful impact out of spare | 4 | | change; and be it further
| 5 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 6 | | presented to Jilinda Larson, Superintendent of Tri-City CUSD | 7 | | #1, Lance Thurman, Superintendent of Rochester CUSD #3A, | 8 | | Douglas Wood, Superintendent of Ball Chatham CUSD #5, Matt | 9 | | Runge, Superintendent of Pleasant Plains CUSD #8, Darren Root, | 10 | | Superintendent of Auburn CUSD #10, Gary Alexander, | 11 | | Superintendent of Pawnee CUSD #11, Brad Polanin, | 12 | | Superintendent of Riverton CUSD #14, Adam Ehrman, | 13 | | Superintendent of New Berlin CUSD #16, Jennifer Gill, | 14 | | Superintendent of Springfield SD 186, Dawn Klinner, Principal | 15 | | of Blessed Sacrament, Glenn Rollins, Principal of Lutheran High | 16 | | School, William Moredock, Principal of Little Flower School, | 17 | | Kara Rapacz, Principal of Sacred Heart-Griffin, Rich Harkins, | 18 | | Principal of St. Aloysius School, Jan Williams, Principal of | 19 | | St. Patrick Grade School, Zachary Klug, Principal of Trinity | 20 | | Lutheran School, Pam Fahey, Principal of Christ the King | 21 | | School, and Jay Hinckley, Principal of Calvary Academy.
|
|