Full Text of HR0314 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, This year, 2011, will mark the 70th year since the | 3 | | United States was attacked by Japan, an attack that was quickly | 4 | | followed by declarations of war against our country by Germany | 5 | | and Italy; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, It is appropriate for Illinois, its political | 7 | | leaders, institutions and local governments to recognize the | 8 | | profound and lasting effect that World War II has had on our | 9 | | society and our State; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Those who have actually participated in those | 11 | | events will soon be gone forever; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, The State's educational, civic, and veterans | 13 | | organizations share a responsibility to assist in preserving | 14 | | our history when the United States was united as never before | 15 | | or since; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Those sacrifices and that history should never be | 17 | | neglected or forgotten; therefore, be it
| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 19 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 20 | | the Constitutional Officers, State Board of Education, |
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| 1 | | Department of Veterans' Affairs, together with civic, | 2 | | educational, and patriotic organizations be urged to implement | 3 | | appropriate ways in which the values and the sacrifices of | 4 | | those who participated in World War II can be remembered, | 5 | | appreciated, and understood; and be it further
| 6 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 | | presented to the Constitutional Officers, State Board of | 8 | | Education, and Department of Veterans' Affairs.
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