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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The City of Lincoln was first christened by
3 Abraham Lincoln in 1853; the City will reenact this
4 christening at a sesquicentennial celebration during the week
5 of August 24 through August 31; and
6 WHEREAS, The sesquicentennial celebration will include
7 several activities; there will be an 1860s baseball game with
8 the players wearing period outfits, an old-fashioned ice
9 cream social and queen contest, an historic play depicting
10 Abraham Lincoln, a celebrity parade, an Abe Lincoln
11 look-a-like contest, popular musical groups, civil war
12 military reenactments, a civil war ball, black history and
13 underground railroad lectures and displays, an 1850s farming
14 educational program, a lecture evening on Abraham Lincoln's
15 life in Lincoln and Logan County, and more; and
16 WHEREAS, Lincoln is the only city in the world named for
17 and by Abraham Lincoln and actually christened by him prior
18 to being elected President of the United States; Lincoln has
19 a current population of approximately 15,800; therefore, be
20 it
21 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
22 NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
23 we congratulate the City of Lincoln on the occasion of the
24 sesquicentennial anniversary of its christening; and be it
25 further
26 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
27 presented to Mayor Elizabeth A. Davis with our best wishes
28 for a successful sesquicentennial celebration.