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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are pleased to recognize the citizens of
4 Germantown on receiving the Governor's Home Town Award for
5 2007; the awards banquet will be held November 27, 2007 at the
6 Crown Plaza Hotel in Springfield; and
 
7     WHEREAS, After many years of rotating a Veterans Day
8 celebration from one community to another in Clinton County,
9 the Germantown city council decided to seek some alternative to
10 honor the veterans in a more permanent and special way; and
 
11     WHEREAS, It was decided to give medals to all the veterans,
12 or to members of the deceased veterans families; on November
13 11, 2002, the medals were distributed and proudly worn by
14 veterans and family members; and
 
15     WHEREAS, In 2003 the idea of a permanent monument to
16 veterans was discussed by the town mayor, Gerry Kohnen, and a
17 local respected veteran, Jerome Eversgerd; after determining
18 location, cost, and design, the plans for the monument came
19 into being; and
 
20     WHEREAS, Thanks to the hard work of volunteers and members
21 of the community, the Village of Germantown now has a memorial

 

 

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1 to the veterans of the community; therefore, be it
 
2     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
3 NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
4 congratulate the citizens of the Village of Germantown on
5 receiving the 2007 Governor's Home Town Award; and be it
6 further
 
7     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
8 presented to the citizens of Germantown as a symbol of our
9 respect.