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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives wish to congratulate Harold 'Sparky' Songer on
4 being chosen as a 2004 Studs Terkel Humanities Service Award
5 recipient; and
 
6     WHEREAS, The Illinois Humanities Council chose Harold
7 Songer as a 2004 award recipient for his efforts in turning the
8 former library in the Carnegie Building in Danville into the
9 Vermilion County War Museum; the museum opened on Veterans Day
10 in 1999; and
 
11     WHEREAS, The Illinois Humanities Council established the
12 Studs Terkel Humanities Service Awards to celebrate unsung
13 "humanities heroes" throughout Illinois; the award is named
14 after the prize-winning oral historian and author, Studs
15 Terkel, a prominent son of Illinois; and
 
16     WHEREAS, Mayor Scott Eisenhauer of Danville nominated
17 Harold Songer for the award because of his efforts in leading a
18 group of volunteers to create the war museum to honor local and
19 national heroes, and to recognize Mr. Songer and the other
20 volunteers not only for the tourism impact they have generated
21 for the city by the creation of the museum, but more for
22 providing a place of learning so that all may realize the price
23 paid for our freedom; and
 
24     WHEREAS, Since the opening of the museum, thousands of
25 school children, adults and military personnel have visited the
26 site, and it is now widely known as one of the premier war
27 museums in the Midwest; therefore, be it
 
28     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
29 NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
30 along with the citizens of this great state, we congratulate

 

 

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1 Harold 'Sparky' Songer on his award; and be it further
 
2     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
3 presented to Harold 'Sparky' Songer as an expression of our
4 respect and esteem and our thanks for his continuing love and
5 devotion to the museum.