Full Text of HR0964 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Lincoln Park Zoo on the | 4 | | occasion of its 150th anniversary in 2018; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Lincoln Park Zoo had its beginnings in 1868 with | 6 | | the gift of two pairs of swans from Central Park in New York | 7 | | City; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Beginning in 1888, Cyrus DeVry oversaw the | 9 | | building of several new structures and the arrival of many new | 10 | | animal species, including monkeys and elephants; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, Many new exhibits were built over the early part | 12 | | of the 20th century, including the bird house and the primate | 13 | | house; in 1931, the famous western lowland gorilla "Bushman" | 14 | | arrived; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Over the 1960s and 1970s, Lincoln Park Zoo | 16 | | strengthened its commitment to educating schoolchildren | 17 | | through a variety of programming, including the popular | 18 | | Zoo-to-You which brought zoo animals directly into Chicago | 19 | | Public School classrooms; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, In 1989, Lincoln Park Zoo began its conservation |
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| 1 | | and science department, which has become one of the nation's | 2 | | largest and most effective wildlife conservation and science | 3 | | programs; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, In 2008, Lincoln Park Zoo developed and | 5 | | implemented the Urban Wildlife Institute, the nation's most | 6 | | comprehensive urban wildlife conservation and science program, | 7 | | which has now been adopted by numerous other cities throughout | 8 | | the U.S.; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, In 2018, Lincoln Park Zoo announced one the most | 10 | | ambitious capital projects in its 150-year history: a complete | 11 | | overhaul of the Kovler Lion House; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Lincoln Park Zoo remains the nation's only | 13 | | privately-managed, free-admission zoo in the country; | 14 | | therefore, be it
| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 16 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 17 | | congratulate Lincoln Park Zoo on its 150th anniversary in 2018, | 18 | | and we wish it many more successful years; and be it further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 | | presented to Lincoln Park Zoo as a symbol of our respect and | 21 | | esteem.
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