Full Text of HR0680 94th General Assembly
HR0680 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The city of Mt. Vernon has won a 2005 Governor's | 3 |
| Home Town Award for its Veterans Memorial Project; and
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| WHEREAS, The Governor's Home Town Award program recognizes | 5 |
| citizens of Illinois who give unselfishly of their time, money, | 6 |
| and effort to make their communities better places to live and | 7 |
| work; and
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| WHEREAS, Three veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces, David | 9 |
| Keen, Howard Phillips, and Alfred Bean, saw the need for a | 10 |
| permanent memorial to honor the men and women of Jefferson | 11 |
| County who have given their time and talents and, in some | 12 |
| cases, their lives in military service; the three men, having | 13 |
| heard from many veterans that such a memorial was long overdue, | 14 |
| determined that the Mt. Vernon City Park was an ideal location | 15 |
| for honoring the county's veterans; and
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| WHEREAS, The people of Jefferson County felt the same way | 17 |
| as the original planners, and a groundswell of support began | 18 |
| almost immediately; the Mt. Vernon and Jefferson County | 19 |
| community embraced this program fully; a committee of | 20 |
| individual volunteers representing various veterans groups, | 21 |
| active military personnel, individual veterans, and interested | 22 |
| citizens began the task of turning this dream into reality; the | 23 |
| group worked tirelessly to raise the needed funds to purchase a | 24 |
| monument and place it on the grounds of Veterans Park; no | 25 |
| public funds or grants were used for this project, which was | 26 |
| totally supported by volunteers and citizens; and
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| WHEREAS, The committee and volunteers participated in | 28 |
| fundraising activities, sold individual memorial bricks for | 29 |
| the walk path, provided labor and materials for the monument | 30 |
| and the beautifully landscaped grounds surrounding it; | 31 |
| volunteers continue the upkeep of the memorial by washing the |
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| monument and providing maintenance of the landscaping; they | 2 |
| also assist with events held at the memorial; and
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| WHEREAS, Local citizens appreciate what the memorial | 4 |
| represents and take great pride in keeping the area a beautiful | 5 |
| place of remembrance; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 7 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 8 |
| we recognize the city of Mt. Vernon for winning a 2005 | 9 |
| Governor's Home Town Award and we congratulate David Keen, | 10 |
| Howard Phillips, Alfred Bean, and the citizens of Mt. Vernon | 11 |
| and Jefferson County for creating and maintaining the Veterans | 12 |
| Memorial; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 14 |
| presented to the Mayor of Mt. Vernon and to David Keen, Howard | 15 |
| Phillips, and Alfred Bean.
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