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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
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| Representatives are honored to recognize the milestones of the |
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| communities in the State of Illinois; and
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| WHEREAS, The Village of Durand is celebrating its |
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| sesquicentennial anniversary this year, with the theme of the |
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| celebration being "Traveling Through Time"; and
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| WHEREAS, The Village of Durand has had an interesting |
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| history; it was first settled in the fall of 1835, when Nelson |
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| Salisbury and Harvey Lowe came from LaPorte Indiana and staked |
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| claims in what later became sections 31, 32, and 34 of Durand |
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| Township; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1837, Heman Campbell, George and John |
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| Pettingill, Elijah and George Felts, George Cochran, John and |
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| B. Phillip, John A. Johnson, Stephen Reese, A. Cram, John H. |
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| Fleming, Charles M. Franklin, John and P. Mann, Dennis Brach, |
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| and George A. Fritz, Sr. all came to the area; the first |
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| Methodist class was organized that same year and the first |
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| Methodist sermon was preached by Rev. Whitford in the home of |
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| Scott Robb; and
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| WHEREAS, The first merchant, John Davies, settled in Durand |
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| in 1847; and by 1857, the business directory of the town listed |
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| 500 inhabitants and 100 families; and
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| WHEREAS, Many residents of Durand have also served their |
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| country; the town boasts two monuments for veterans; the first |
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| monument was dedicated on September 22, 1920 and carries the |
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| names of those who enlisted from Durand and Laona townships in |
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| the Civil War, Spanish-American War, and World War I; and the |
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| second monument was dedicated in 1997 for those who served in |
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| World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf, Panama, and |