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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, Ronald Wilson Reagan was born on February 6, 1911,
3in Tampico, Illinois, the son of Nellie and John Reagan; and
 
4    WHEREAS, Ronald Reagan and his family in 1915 moved to
5Galesburg, Illinois, and he began his formal education at Silas
6Willard School; and
 
7    WHEREAS, Ronald Reagan and his family then moved to
8Monmouth, Illinois, and resided in that fair community during
9his formative years from 1917-1919, and where he attended
10Monmouth Central School; and
 
11    WHEREAS, When Ronald Reagan was 9 years of age, the family
12settled in Dixon, Illinois, where at Dixon High School he
13played football and basketball, ran track, served as president
14of the student body, and first performed as an actor; and
 
15    WHEREAS, Ronald Reagan graduated from Eureka College in
161932 with a degree in economics and sociology; and
 
17    WHEREAS, From humble beginnings, Ronald Reagan went on to
18become a sportscaster, actor, Governor of California, and
19President of the United States; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, Ronald Reagan was elected President of the United
2States in 1980; a favorite of the American populace, he was
3elected to a second term in 1984; and
 
4    WHEREAS, Ronald Wilson Reagan, the 40th President of the
5United States, warrants a public tribute as a son of Illinois;
6and
 
7    WHEREAS, In 1999, portions of Illinois Route 172 and 92
8from Tampico to Illinois Route 26 and the portions of Illinois
9Route 26, Illinois Route 29, and U.S. Route 24 from Dixon to
10Eureka were designated as the Ronald Reagan Trail by Senate
11Joint Resolution 3; and
 
12    WHEREAS, The City of Fulton is the ancestral beginning of
13Ronald Reagan's connection to Illinois and the cities of
14Princeton, Galesburg, and Monmouth were essential in the
15upbringing of Ronald Reagan and should be included in the
16Ronald Reagan Trail; therefore, be it
 
17    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
18NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE
19SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that the Ronald Reagan Trail is
20extended to include those portions of U.S. Route 30 and Highway
21136 through the City of Fulton, and the portions of U.S. Route
2234 from the City of Princeton, through the City of Galesburg,

 

 

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1to the City of Monmouth; and be it further
 
2    RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation,
3in accordance with applicable State and federal laws and rules
4and in cooperation with units of local government, be requested
5to erect appropriate signs, markers, or plaques along the
6extended portions of the Ronald Reagan Trail in recognition of
7this designation; and be it further
 
8    RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be delivered to
9the Illinois Department of Transportation.