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92_HR0838

 
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 1                          HOUSE RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS, It has come to the attention of the  members  of
 3    the  House  of  Representatives that the 150th anniversary of
 4    the Macoupin County Fair will  be  celebrated  from  July  17
 5    through 22, 2002; and

 6        WHEREAS,  The  Macoupin County Fair held its first "meet"
 7    on the Carlinville public square in  1852,  and  its  history
 8    since then has been as unique as those citizens who have made
 9    it so successful throughout the years; and

10        WHEREAS,  A  permanent  site for the Fair was acquired in
11    1860  on  a  22  acre  plot  at  the  northwest   corner   of
12    Carlinville; and

13        WHEREAS, In 1862, the site was used to train recruits for
14    the Civil War; and

15        WHEREAS,  In 1905, the fairground was a 20 acre site west
16    of the present West School in Carlinville; a  grandstand  was
17    built  for  harness  racing  and the grounds included several
18    large buildings; the county celebrated its centennial on  the
19    grounds  with  a spectacular parade and "Masque and Pageant";
20    and

21        WHEREAS, The present site of the fair occupies  40  acres
22    of  county-owned ground one mile north of Carlinville, leased
23    in 1951; recent additions  to  the  fairgrounds  include  the
24    newly  renovated Food building, the new Cattle Show Ring, and
25    the Herman Franke Pavilion; and

26        WHEREAS, From July 17  through  22,  2002,  the  Macoupin
27    County  Fair  will  hold its Sesquicentennial County Fair and
28    Celebration; therefore, be it

29        RESOLVED,  BY  THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES   OF   THE
30    NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
 
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 1    we  congratulate  the  Macoupin Co. Fair and Ag. Assoc., Inc.
 2    and all the people who have made the  fair  possible  on  the
 3    occasion of the Fair's 150th anniversary; and be it further

 4        RESOLVED,  That  a  suitable  copy  of this resolution be
 5    presented to the Macoupin Co. Fair and Ag. Assoc., Inc. as an
 6    expression of our esteem.

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