HR0874 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, Illinois Route 173 is a major thoroughfare in the northern portion of the State of Illinois; and

WHEREAS, The designation of one of the United States Army's units is the 173rd Airborne Brigade; and

WHEREAS, Many of the men and women who have served in the 173rd Airborne Brigade have been the sons and daughters of the State of Illinois; and

WHEREAS, Specialist Jacob M. Lowell of New Lenox was the first Sky Soldier of the 173rd Airborne Brigade to have been killed in action in its current deployment; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that Illinois Route 173 be designated as the 173rd Airborne Brigade Highway in honor of the brave men and women of the United States Army 173rd Airborne Brigade; and be it further

RESOLVED, That those who have served in the 173rd Airborne Brigade, at their request or at the request of an immediate family member if deceased, may have their names designated along Illinois Route 173; and be it further

RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation is requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs giving notice of the name of the 173rd Airborne Brigade Highway and the names of those who have served in the 173rd Airborne Brigade; and be it further

RESOLVED, That, in recognition of the men and women of the 173rd Airborne Brigade, those available upon the end of the Brigade's current deployment be invited to the State of Illinois to attend this designation; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be delivered to the Secretary of the Illinois Department of Transportation.