Full Text of HR0083 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Ronald Wilson Reagan was born on February 6, 1911, | 3 | | in Tampico,
Illinois, the son of Nellie and John Reagan; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Ronald Reagan and his family in 1915 moved to | 5 | | Galesburg, Illinois,
and he
began his formal education at Silas | 6 | | Willard School; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Ronald Reagan and his family then moved to | 8 | | Monmouth, Illinois, and
resided in
that fair community during | 9 | | his formative years from 1917-1919, and where he
attended | 10 | | Monmouth Central School; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, When Ronald Reagan was 9 years of age, the family | 12 | | settled in Dixon,
Illinois,
where at Dixon High School he | 13 | | played football and basketball, ran track, served
as president | 14 | | of the student body, and first performed as an actor; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Ronald Reagan graduated from Eureka College in | 16 | | 1932 with a degree in
economics and sociology; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, From humble beginnings, Ronald Reagan went on to | 18 | | become a
sportscaster, actor, Governor of California, and | 19 | | President of the United
States; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Ronald Reagan was elected President of the United | 2 | | States in 1980; a
favorite of the American populace, he was | 3 | | elected to a second term in 1984; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Ronald Wilson Reagan, the 40th President of the | 5 | | United States,
warrants a public tribute as a son of Illinois; | 6 | | and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, In 1999, portions of Illinois Route 172 and 92 | 8 | | from Tampico to
Illinois Route
26 and the portions of Illinois | 9 | | Route 26, Illinois Route 29, and U.S. Route 24
from Dixon to | 10 | | Eureka were designated as the Ronald Reagan Trail by Senate | 11 | | Joint
Resolution 3; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, The City of Fulton is the ancestral beginning of | 13 | | Ronald Reagan's connection to Illinois and the cities of | 14 | | Princeton, Galesburg, and Monmouth were essential in
the | 15 | | upbringing of Ronald Reagan and should be included in the | 16 | | Ronald Reagan
Trail; therefore, be it
| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 18 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | 19 | | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that
the
Ronald Reagan Trail is | 20 | | extended to include those portions of U.S. Route 30 and Highway | 21 | | 136 through the City of Fulton, and the portions of U.S. Route
| 22 | | 34 from
the City of Princeton, through the City of Galesburg, |
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| 1 | | to the City of Monmouth;
and be
it further
| 2 | | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation, | 3 | | in accordance with
applicable State and federal laws and rules | 4 | | and in cooperation with units of
local government, be requested | 5 | | to erect appropriate signs, markers, or plaques
along the | 6 | | extended portions of the Ronald Reagan Trail in recognition of | 7 | | this
designation; and be it further
| 8 | | RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be delivered to | 9 | | the Illinois
Department of Transportation.
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