Full Text of HR0934 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate the Stanford family and | 4 | | the Mount Vernon Memorial Gardens Cemetery on the occasion of | 5 | | its 75th anniversary, marked in April 2022; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, The Stanford family and the staff and volunteers | 7 | | of Mount Vernon Memorial Gardens Cemetery work extraordinarily | 8 | | hard to patriotically provide the veterans buried there an | 9 | | honorable place to rest in peace; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Each year, The Mount Vernon Memorial Gardens | 11 | | Cemetery, located at 6449 East Illinois Highway 15, has | 12 | | celebrated and honored the veterans buried there by placing | 13 | | small flags on each veteran's grave on Veterans Day and by | 14 | | erecting flags and crosses with the names of the deceased | 15 | | veterans on Memorial Day; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, The Mount Vernon Memorial Gardens Cemetery will | 17 | | also be participating in its fourth annual National Wreaths | 18 | | Across America Day, a nationwide movement that aims to cover | 19 | | all veterans' grave markers with a wreath; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, The National Wreaths Across America Day has been | 21 | | observed annually on the second Saturday in December for the |
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| 1 | | last 28 years; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The Mount Vernon Memorial Gardens Cemetery's goal | 3 | | for 2022 is to cover every veteran's gravestone with a | 4 | | memorial wreath; in the last two years, wreaths were placed on | 5 | | every veteran's grave; in the first year, 350 wreaths were | 6 | | placed; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, To reach its goal, the Mount Vernon Memorial | 8 | | Gardens Cemetery is taking donations from individuals and | 9 | | charity groups to honor its yearly commitment to National | 10 | | Wreaths Across America; therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 12 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 13 | | we congratulate the Mount Vernon Memorial Gardens Cemetery on | 14 | | its 75th anniversary, and we commend it for its efforts in | 15 | | joining National Wreaths Across America Day and for providing | 16 | | the veterans buried on its hallowed grounds an honored final | 17 | | resting place; and be it further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That we thank Eugene and Cathy Stanford, their | 19 | | daughter, U.S. Army Reserve Lieutenant Colonel Samantha | 20 | | Stanford, and all the staff and volunteers who work to | 21 | | maintain the Mount Vernon Memorial Gardens Cemetery; and be it | 22 | | further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to the Stanford Family and the Mount Vernon Memorial | 3 | | Gardens Cemetery as an expression of our esteem and respect.
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