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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the |
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| State of Illinois are pleased to congratulate Brody Walworth on |
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| attending the American Legion Boys Nation leadership |
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| conference in Washington, D.C.; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Walworth is a resident of Mattoon; he is a |
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| senior at Mattoon High School; and
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| WHEREAS, The conference was held on July 23-31; |
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| participants acted as delegates to the conference's mock |
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| Senate; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Walworth was one of two delegates from |
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| Illinois to attend the conference; he was chosen to be a |
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| representative during the Premier Boys State event held at |
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| Eastern Illinois University in Charleston in June; and
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| WHEREAS, Each delegate drafted a "bill" prior to the |
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| conference, and four committees decided which proposed laws |
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| would make it to the Senate's floor; Mr. Walworth was elected |
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| chairman of his committee; and
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| WHEREAS, During the conference, Mr. Walworth and the other |
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| ninety-six delegates visited the new World War II memorial, the |
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| Vietnam memorial, the Korean memorial, the Lincoln memorial, |
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| the Armed Forces Court of Appeals, the United States Supreme |
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| Court, the State Department, and the Capitol Building; he also |
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| visited Arlington National Cemetery and was one of two of the |
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| delegates chosen at random to lay a wreath at the Tomb of the |
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| Unknown Soldier; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Walworth listened to several speakers during |
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| the conference, including Holocaust survivor, Messe Godin, |
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| Clerk of the Supreme Court, Bill Suter, and Undersecretary of |