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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 1
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Joint Resolution 1 by
3 replacing everything after line 1 on page 1 with the
4 following:
5 "WHEREAS, Throughout history brave Americans have shed
6 their blood during wars and conflicts to preserve, protect,
7 and defend the foundation of the principles of democracy and
8 freedom, and hundreds of thousands have paid the ultimate
9 sacrifice to ensure that future generations enjoy life's
10 liberties; and
11 WHEREAS, On August 7, 1782, General George Washington
12 established the Military Badge of Merit, which on February
13 22, 1932, became the present and now the oldest military
14 decoration in the world, the Purple Heart medal; and
15 WHEREAS, The Purple Heart medal is awarded to all
16 military personnel who are killed or wounded in action
17 against the enemy; and
18 WHEREAS, It is the intent of the Illinois General
19 Assembly, representing the people of the Great State of
20 Illinois, to officially designate those portions of the
21 original location of the Historic Lincoln Highway, commonly
22 following portions of US Route 30, Illinois Route 38, and
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1 various other routes now under local jurisdiction; and
2 WHEREAS, This route is considered by many to be historic
3 in the fact that in 1912, there was a vision with an
4 absolutely radical idea that there should be a paved highway
5 across this country from New York's Times Square to Lincoln
6 Park on the Pacific Ocean in San Francisco as noted by the
7 formal September 6, 1912 charter that read: "Resolved that
8 the Lincoln Highway now is, and henceforth shall be an
9 existing memorial to the immortal Abraham Lincoln"; and
10 WHEREAS, In 1919, Lt. Colonel Dwight D. Eisenhower
11 accompanied a convoy from Washington, D.C., to San Francisco,
12 thereby forming an image in the future President's mind of a
13 system of cross continental highways that eventually led to
14 the concept of our National Defense Highway System, commonly
15 referred to as the Interstate Highway System; and
16 WHEREAS, There are sections of the Lincoln Highway in
17 Illinois extending from the Illinois-Indiana border near
18 Lynwood, Sauk Village, and Ford Heights to the Mississippi
19 River at Fulton, Illinois; and
20 WHEREAS, E.J. "Zeke" Giorgi was first elected to the
21 House of Representatives in 1964, and he served in that
22 position until his passing in 1993; and
23 WHEREAS, From his first term through his service as
24 "Dean of the House", Zeke Giorgi served the people of this
25 State with great distinction, and he is remembered by his
26 colleagues on both sides of the aisle for providing
27 invaluable guidance and leadership on many important issues;
28 and
29 WHEREAS, During all the years that Zeke Giorgi served in
30 the House, he drove between Springfield and his Rockford
31 legislative district on U.S. Highway 51 and was a strong
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1 advocate for Route 51 improvements, which were completed in
2 several stages; and
3 WHEREAS, Following the completion of improvements to U.S.
4 Route 51, the highway was designated as Interstate Highway
5 39; and
6 WHEREAS, Interstate Highway 39 provides an essential
7 transportation corridor between Rockford and Bloomington and
8 other parts of Central Illinois; and
9 WHEREAS, We wish to permanently commemorate Zeke
10 Giorgi's essential role in creating this critically needed
11 highway and his abiding impact on the lives of the people of
12 Illinois; and
13 WHEREAS, The members of the General Assembly wish to
14 honor legendary Chicago Bear Walter Payton, who recently
15 passed away, by naming U.S. Route 34 the Walter Payton
16 Memorial Highway; and
17 WHEREAS, U.S. Route 34 starts in the City of Chicago and
18 runs west across the State of Illinois, through such cities
19 as Lyons, Brookfield, LaGrange, Western Springs, Hindsdale,
20 Westmont, Downers Grove, Lisle, Naperville, Aurora, Oswego,
21 Plano, Sandwich, Somonauk, Mendota, Princeton, Wyanet,
22 Kewanee, Galva, and Galesburg; and
23 WHEREAS, Walter Payton was a 1st round draft pick for the
24 Chicago Bears in 1975; the young college football star from
25 Jackson State would go on to set 8 NFL records and 28 Bears
26 team records in his 13 seasons with the team; and
27 WHEREAS, Known as "Sweetness" for his running style,
28 Walter Payton was selected to play in the Pro Bowl 9 times,
29 and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1993;
30 he was a part of the spectacular 1985 Bears season, which
31 ended with a Super Bowl victory; and
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1 WHEREAS, Many of Walter Payton's records include: a
2 record 16,726 yards rushing in his career; he had 110 rushing
3 touchdowns in his career, and 77 100-yard rushing games; in a
4 game against the Minnesota Vikings in 1977 he had a record
5 275 rushing yards; he played 10 seasons with 1,000 or more
6 rushing yards; he made 3,838 rushing attempts; he had 4
7 consecutive seasons leading the NFL in rushing attempts; his
8 career combined net yards totaled 21,803, and his combined
9 net attempts in his career totaled 4,368; and
10 WHEREAS, On October 7, 1984 Walter Payton passed Jim
11 Brown's rushing record of 12,312 yards, setting up a
12 celebration in Soldier Field by his teammates and the fans in
13 attendance; and
14 WHEREAS, Walter Payton retired from the Chicago Bears in
15 1987, and the Chicago Bears honored him by retiring his
16 jersey number, 34; on November 1, 1999, Walter Payton passed
17 away after a battle with cancer and liver disease; he is
18 survived by his wife, Connie; his son, Jarrett; and his
19 daughter, Brittney; and
20 WHEREAS, The State of Illinois is proud to remember
21 people, places, things, or events that have been a major
22 influence on the State of Illinois; and
23 WHEREAS, One way the State of Illinois can bestow such an
24 honor is by renaming a major highway, interstate, or traffic
25 route; and
26 WHEREAS, The National Road was the nation's first
27 interstate highway, conceived by Thomas Jefferson and Albert
28 Gallatin, beginning in Cumberland, Maryland in 1811, and
29 ending in Illinois in 1833; and
30 WHEREAS, This road was the means of travel of our hardy
31 pioneer forefathers; and
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1 WHEREAS, This road was rebuilt in the 1920's as U.S.
2 Route 40, beginning at the State line shared with Indiana,
3 running through such communities as Marshal, Martinsville,
4 Casey, Greenup, Jewett, Montrose, Teutopolis, Effingham,
5 Altamont, St. Elmo, Brownstown, Bluff City, Vandalia,
6 Mulberry Grove, Greenville, Pocahontas, Highland, St. Jacob,
7 Troy, Collinsville, and ending in East St. Louis at the
8 historic Eads Bridge and the Gateway to the West; and
9 WHEREAS, Thomas William Davenport was a licensed civil
10 engineer with the Illinois Department of Transportation; on
11 April 16, 1992, he was killed by a drunk driver north of his
12 home in Chatham, Illinois; and
13 WHEREAS, Thomas Davenport was a son, brother, husband,
14 and a father; and
15 WHEREAS, Thomas Davenport, working with the Illinois
16 Department of Transportation, assisted with the building of
17 the bridge on South Chatham Road that crosses Interstate 72
18 and Illinois Route 36; and
19 WHEREAS, The bridge is located on South Chatham Road in
20 Springfield, Illinois, and is used as an overpass for
21 Interstate 72 and Illinois Route 36; and
22 WHEREAS, Justice Thurgood Marshall first brought his
23 cause to the courts as a private citizen and traveled
24 throughout the United States demanding that the legal system
25 uphold rights that the political system would not enforce;
26 and
27 WHEREAS, Justice Marshall constructed the legal arguments
28 which ended segregation in 1954, so that equality in America
29 truly could mean "getting the same thing, at the same time
30 and in the same place"; and
31 WHEREAS, Justice Marshall, as the chief legal officer of
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1 the National Association for the Advancement of Colored
2 People for more than 20 years, organized and implemented the
3 nation's first program of systematic public interest
4 litigation; and
5 WHEREAS, Justice Marshall ably served the public for over
6 three decades, as a judge on the United States Second Circuit
7 Court of Appeals, as Solicitor General of the United States,
8 and finally as the first African-American Justice of the
9 United States Supreme Court; and
10 WHEREAS, Justice Marshall remained true to the
11 Constitution in his crusade for equal educational and
12 employment opportunities, for First Amendment and
13 reproductive freedoms, and for preservation of the rights of
14 the accused and the convicted; and
15 WHEREAS, Justice Marshall's life-long support for the
16 rights of the disenfranchised, the underprivileged, and the
17 powerless served as a constant reminder that this country was
18 founded upon the promise of equality - a promise which for
19 many has not yet been fulfilled; and
20 WHEREAS, Justice Marshall's contributions to the American
21 justice system will have an enduring impact on American
22 society and warrant a permanent public tribute; and
23 WHEREAS, Interstate 57, from Cairo to Chicago, links all
24 ethnic groups and economic strata of the State, passes
25 through notable sites in the State's struggle to ensure civil
26 rights, and is an appropriate public improvement to bear the
27 name of Justice Marshall; and
28 WHEREAS, The members of the House were saddened to learn
29 of the death last year of Mayor Kenneth P. Hayes of Bradley;
30 and
31 WHEREAS, He was elected mayor in 1981 and was re-elected
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1 in 1985, 1989, 1993, and 1997; and
2 WHEREAS, Under Mayor Hayes' strong leadership, the
3 Village of Bradley experienced unprecedented commercial and
4 retail growth, amounting to large increases in sales tax
5 revenue to Bradley; and
6 WHEREAS, Much of the commercial growth and development
7 that Mayor Hayes worked for occurred along Illinois Route 50;
8 therefore, be it
9 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
10 NINETY-FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE
11 SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that Interstate 72, traversing
12 through the heart of Illinois, be designated as the
13 commemorative "Purple Heart Memorial Highway", to pay tribute
14 to the many thousands of Illinois residents who have been
15 awarded the Purple Heart medal; and be it further
16 RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation
17 is requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with
18 State and federal regulations, an appropriate plaque or signs
19 giving notice to the Purple Heart Memorial Highway; and be it
20 further
21 RESOLVED, That the portion of Interstate Route 74 that
22 begins with the intersection of Interstate Route 74 with
23 Interstate Route 57 and ends with the intersection of
24 Interstate Route 74 with U.S. Route 45 is designated as the
25 Veterans Memorial Parkway; and be it further
26 RESOLVED, That the Department of Transportation is
27 requested to erect appropriate plaques along this route in
28 recognition of the Veterans Memorial Parkway; and be it
29 further
30 RESOLVED, That the following route from the
31 Illinois-Indiana border to the Mississippi River be
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1 designated the Historic Lincoln Highway:
2 Beginning at Dyer, Indiana, on US 30 to East Sauk Trail,
3 west of the Illinois - Indiana state line. The original
4 roadway the Village of Sauk to South Chicago Heights at
5 the intersection of IL Route I or the Dixie Highway. The
6 Lincoln Highway then traverses along the Dixie Highway to
7 Chicago Heights at its intersection with US 30. The route
8 followed US 30 to West Haven Road, east of New Lenox. At
9 this point, the route followed West Haven Road to North
10 Cedar Road, west of New Lenox, then north on North Cedar
11 Road to US 30. The route proceeds west on US 30 through
12 Joliet, Plainfield to Rance Road near the Kendall - Will
13 County Line. The route follows Rance Road to Harvey Road
14 back to US 30 just south of US 34. The route remains then
15 on US 30 to the US 30 bypass road, or Ohio Street, to
16 east Benton Street in Aurora. The Lincoln Highway follows
17 East Benton Street in Aurora to South LaSalle Street,
18 north to West Downer Street, to its intersection with IL
19 31 on the west side of Fox River. The Lincoln Highway
20 then follows IL 31 through north Aurora, Batavia, to IL
21 38 in Geneva. The Lincoln Highway follows IL 38 in Geneva
22 to Kaneville Road in Geneva, to Keslinger Road, west of
23 Geneva. The roadway follows Keslinger Road (County
24 Highway 41) to Schrader Road, southeast of Maple Park.
25 The Lincoln Highway traverses on Schrader Road to IL 38,
26 just southeast of Maple Park. Lincoln Highway then
27 follows IL 38 to DeKalb, Malta, East Street, the Lincoln
28 Highway turns south and follows East Street to Cederholm
29 to Main Street, south to North Street, west to Southwest
30 Street, north to South Beck, back to IL 38. The road then
31 follows IL 38 to Lincoln Street in Rochelle. The road
32 follows Lincoln Street to Lincoln Avenue (IL 38) in
33 Rochelle. The route proceeds west on IL 38 to Ashton at
34 its intersection with Brown Street, south on Brown Street
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1 in Ashton to Main Street, west on Main Street, to South
2 Richardson Road, south on South Richardson Road to Track
3 Road, Track Road back to IL 38 west of Ashton. The route
4 then follows IL 38 to South Elm Street in Franklin Grove,
5 south on South Elm Street to West Lahman, west on Lahman
6 to Franklin Road, south on Franklin Road to Gap Road,
7 back to IL 38, west on IL 38 through Dixon to its
8 intersection with US 52, north on US 52 (Galena Avenue)
9 to Everett Street (IL 2), west on IL 2 to Palmyra Road at
10 the west edge of Dixon. The Lincoln Highway then follows
11 Palmyra Road through Gap Grove, Prairieville, back to IL
12 2 just west of Whiteside - Lee County Line. The Lincoln
13 Highway follows IL 2 through Sterling on East 4th Street
14 to 10th Avenue, at 10th Avenue the Lincoln Highway goes
15 south to East 3rd Street then Second Avenue. The route
16 goes north on Second Avenue to 4th Street, then Lincoln
17 Highway follows 4th Street in Sterling westerly to its
18 intersection with Emerson Road. At Emerson the Lincoln
19 Highway traverses through Emerson back to US 30 just west
20 of Agnew. The Lincoln Highway then follows US 30 through
21 Morrison to its intersection with IL 136, just east of
22 Fulton. At Fulton the Lincoln Highway follows IL 136 to
23 the 16th Avenue intersection with IL 136. Lincoln Highway
24 follows 16th Avenue to its intersection with 15th Avenue,
25 and the route follows 15th Avenue to its intersection
26 with 4th Street, north on 4th Street to 10th Avenue west
27 on 10th Avenue to Second Street, north on Second Street
28 to its intersection with 9th Avenue, to the crossing of
29 the Mississippi River on the Lyons - Fulton Bridge to
30 Iowa; and be it further
31 RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation
32 and local agencies in their respective jurisdictions along
33 the Historic Lincoln Highway be requested to erect
34 appropriate signs marking the route, consistent with State
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1 and federal regulations; and be it further
2 RESOLVED, That the portion of Interstate Highway 39
3 commencing at its point of origin in Winnebago County and
4 ending with its intersection with Interstate Route 88 be
5 designated the E.J. "Zeke" Giorgi Highway; and be it further
6 RESOLVED, That the Department of Transportation is
7 requested to erect appropriate plaques or signs giving notice
8 to the E.J. "Zeke" Giorgi Highway; and be it further
9 RESOLVED, That we wish to memorialize Chicago Bear great
10 Walter Payton by naming U.S. Route 34 the Walter Payton
11 Memorial Highway in tribute to this great athlete; and be it
12 further
13 RESOLVED, That the Department of Transportation is
14 requested to erect appropriate plaques or signs giving notice
15 to the Walter Payton Memorial Highway; and be it further
16 RESOLVED, That U.S. Route 40 be renamed the Historic
17 National Road; and be it further
18 RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation
19 be requested to erect, at suitable locations consistent with
20 State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques, signs, or
21 markers giving notice to the Historic National Road; and be
22 it further
23 RESOLVED, That we urge the bridge on South Chatham Road,
24 spanning Interstate 72 and Illinois Route 36, be named the
25 Thomas William Davenport Memorial Bridge; and be it further
26 RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation
27 be requested to erect, at a suitable location consistent with
28 State and federal regulations, an appropriate plaque or signs
29 giving notice of the name; and be it further
30 RESOLVED, That the part of Interstate Route 57 of the
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1 National System of Interstate and Defense Highways which is
2 within the State of Illinois is designated as the Thurgood
3 Marshall Memorial Freeway; and be it further
4 RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation
5 erect appropriate signs, markers, or plaques along the
6 highway in recognition of this designation; and be it further
7 RESOLVED, That the portion of Illinois Route 50 from
8 North Street to Larry Power Road in Bradley is designated the
9 Kenneth P. Hayes Memorial Highway; and be it further
10 RESOLVED, That the Department of Transportation is
11 directed to erect appropriate signage along this route in
12 recognition of this designation; and be it further
13 RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
14 presented to: the Secretary of the U.S. Department of
15 Transportation; the Secretary of the Illinois Department of
16 Transportation; the family of E.J. "Zeke" Giorgi; the family
17 of Walter Payton; the family of Thomas William Davenport;
18 Mrs. Rose Hayes, the widow of Mayor Kenneth P. Hayes; and the
19 Village of Bradley.".