Full Text of HR1059 93rd General Assembly
HR1059 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois General Assembly were | 3 |
| deeply saddened to learn of the death of President Ronald | 4 |
| Reagan on June 5, 2004; and | 5 |
| WHEREAS, Ronald Reagan was born on February 6, 1911, in | 6 |
| Tampico, Illinois, the first American President born in | 7 |
| Illinois; as a youth, he worked as a lifeguard at Lowell Park | 8 |
| in Dixon, Illinois, and he graduated from Eureka College, | 9 |
| located in Eureka, Illinois; and | 10 |
| WHEREAS, Ronald Reagan was a man of humble beginnings, | 11 |
| working as a radio announcer, entertainer, union leader, and | 12 |
| corporate spokesman; and | 13 |
| WHEREAS, His marriage to actress Jayne Wyman gave him three | 14 |
| children: Maureen, Michael, and Christine, who was born four | 15 |
| months premature and died the day after her birth; and | 16 |
| WHEREAS, Ronald Reagan later married Nancy Davis on March | 17 |
| 4, 1952, his steadfast partner for the next 52 years, who | 18 |
| served her country with distinction as First Lady, who would | 19 |
| later make public appearances on behalf of her ailing husband, | 20 |
| and who became the primary caregiver for the aging President; | 21 |
| together, Ronald and Nancy had two children, Patti and Ronald; | 22 |
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| WHEREAS, Ronald Reagan was elected to two terms as Governor | 24 |
| of California and after two previous unsuccessful bids for the | 25 |
| Republican nomination, on November 4, 1980, Ronald Reagan was | 26 |
| elected President of the United States of America; on January | 27 |
| 20, 1981, at the age of 69, Ronald Reagan was sworn in as the | 28 |
| country's 40th president, to quickly become known to the world | 29 |
| as the "Great Communicator"; and |
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| WHEREAS, Ronald Reagan has a distinguished record of public | 2 |
| service to the United States, the American people, and the | 3 |
| international community; and | 4 |
| WHEREAS, Ronald Reagan was twice elected by overwhelming | 5 |
| margins as President of the United States; and | 6 |
| WHEREAS, Ronald Reagan's leadership was instrumental in | 7 |
| extending freedom and democracy around the globe and uniting a | 8 |
| world divided by the Cold War; and | 9 |
| WHEREAS, Ronald Reagan was loved and admired by millions of | 10 |
| Americans and by countless others around the world; and | 11 |
| WHEREAS, Ronald Reagan's eloquence united Americans in | 12 |
| times of triumph and tragedy; and | 13 |
| WHEREAS, President Reagan worked to restore the founding | 14 |
| principles of this country by upholding individual | 15 |
| responsibility and personal liberty; his actions and words sent | 16 |
| a strong message, both domestically and globally, that the | 17 |
| United States remained vigilant and that he, as President, | 18 |
| would use the country's strengths to the advantage of the | 19 |
| American people; and | 20 |
| WHEREAS, By rebuilding the U.S. military, the country | 21 |
| regained a formidable position from which America could better | 22 |
| fight the Cold War, standing against the Soviet Union, and | 23 |
| ultimately, bringing down the Iron Curtain once and for all; | 24 |
| his foreign policies further helped to bring about the collapse | 25 |
| of the Berlin Wall without bloodshed or loss of life, offering | 26 |
| the German people the support and fortitude of the American | 27 |
| principle of freedom; and | 28 |
| WHEREAS, After eight years in the Oval Office, in January | 29 |
| 1989, President Reagan returned to his California ranch, and on |
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| November 4, 1991, the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in | 2 |
| Simi Valley, California was dedicated; and | 3 |
| WHEREAS, On November 5, 1994, President Reagan disclosed | 4 |
| that he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, continuing | 5 |
| to show courage and fortitude by publicly facing the | 6 |
| debilitating disease of age; and | 7 |
| WHEREAS, On October 11, 2001, President Reagan became the | 8 |
| longest-lived president ever, besting the nation's second | 9 |
| President, John Adams, who had lived 91 years; and | 10 |
| WHEREAS, On July 12, 2003, the United States Navy | 11 |
| commissioned its newest aircraft carrier, the "USS Ronald | 12 |
| Reagan", the first carrier to be named for a living president; | 13 |
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| WHEREAS, On June 5, 2004, the world was told its faithful | 15 |
| servant, President Ronald Reagan, had passed away at his home | 16 |
| in California; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 18 |
| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 19 |
| mourn the loss of President Ronald Reagan, while we honor and | 20 |
| celebrate his dedication and service to the People of the | 21 |
| United States of America and the world at large; and be it | 22 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 24 |
| presented to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, to the | 25 |
| Ronald Reagan Museum at Eureka College, and to the family of | 26 |
| President Reagan.
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