Full Text of HR0168 094th General Assembly
HR0168 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The Galena Fire Department, the oldest fire | 3 |
| department in Illinois, celebrated its 175th birthday on | 4 |
| February 1, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, The Department is planning a series of events in | 6 |
| August to celebrate the anniversary; and
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| WHEREAS, The Galena Fire and Protection Company was formed | 8 |
| in 1830; since its inception, it has gone from a company with | 9 |
| just a couple of fire hooks, ladders, axes, and buckets to the | 10 |
| department it is now; and
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| WHEREAS, On November 8, 1836, the first fire department was | 12 |
| organized with a roll of 66 members; from then on, there came | 13 |
| to be several different fire departments throughout Galena; and
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| WHEREAS, On August 1, 1876, John Hellman was made chief | 15 |
| director of all the fire stations in Galena; all five of these | 16 |
| fire stations were made into what is now known as the "Fabulous | 17 |
| Five"; and
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| WHEREAS, The Galena Fire Department became a mechanized | 19 |
| force in 1917; the era of the "Fabulous Five" was closed in | 20 |
| 1935 and reorganized into the present fire department on South | 21 |
| Bench Street; and
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| WHEREAS, The Galena Fire Department has what is believed to | 23 |
| be the oldest fire station in the State; it was built in an | 24 |
| Italianate style; it has an overhung roof, corbels, and a watch | 25 |
| tower; an antique fire engine is showcased within the fire | 26 |
| station, the "Liberty", a hand pumper that arrived on January | 27 |
| 5, 1855, from Philadelphia; the Liberty helped the Galena Fire | 28 |
| Department for more than 50 years and is presently being | 29 |
| restored; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 2 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 3 |
| we congratulate the Galena Fire Department on the occasion of | 4 |
| its 175th anniversary and honor its current members for their | 5 |
| efforts
to safeguard the lives and property of the citizens of | 6 |
| Galena; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 8 |
| presented to the Galena Fire Department as an expression of our | 9 |
| esteem.
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