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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives wish to congratulate the Stanford family and
4the Mount Vernon Memorial Gardens Cemetery on the occasion of
5its 75th anniversary, marked in April 2022; and
 
6    WHEREAS, The Stanford family and the staff and volunteers
7of Mount Vernon Memorial Gardens Cemetery work extraordinarily
8hard to patriotically provide the veterans buried there an
9honorable place to rest in peace; and
 
10    WHEREAS, Each year, The Mount Vernon Memorial Gardens
11Cemetery, located at 6449 East Illinois Highway 15, has
12celebrated and honored the veterans buried there by placing
13small flags on each veteran's grave on Veterans Day and by
14erecting flags and crosses with the names of the deceased
15veterans on Memorial Day; and
 
16    WHEREAS, The Mount Vernon Memorial Gardens Cemetery will
17also be participating in its fourth annual National Wreaths
18Across America Day, a nationwide movement that aims to cover
19all veterans' grave markers with a wreath; and
 
20    WHEREAS, The National Wreaths Across America Day has been
21observed annually on the second Saturday in December for the

 

 

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1last 28 years; and
 
2    WHEREAS, The Mount Vernon Memorial Gardens Cemetery's goal
3for 2022 is to cover every veteran's gravestone with a
4memorial wreath; in the last two years, wreaths were placed on
5every veteran's grave; in the first year, 350 wreaths were
6placed; and
 
7    WHEREAS, To reach its goal, the Mount Vernon Memorial
8Gardens Cemetery is taking donations from individuals and
9charity groups to honor its yearly commitment to National
10Wreaths Across America; therefore, be it
 
11    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
12HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
13we congratulate the Mount Vernon Memorial Gardens Cemetery on
14its 75th anniversary, and we commend it for its efforts in
15joining National Wreaths Across America Day and for providing
16the veterans buried on its hallowed grounds an honored final
17resting place; and be it further
 
18    RESOLVED, That we thank Eugene and Cathy Stanford, their
19daughter, U.S. Army Reserve Lieutenant Colonel Samantha
20Stanford, and all the staff and volunteers who work to
21maintain the Mount Vernon Memorial Gardens Cemetery; and be it
22further
 

 

 

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1    RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
2presented to the Stanford Family and the Mount Vernon Memorial
3Gardens Cemetery as an expression of our esteem and respect.