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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Many places in Illinois are significant sites of | ||||||
| 3 | local, State, national, and world history; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Visitors to these sites learn about historic | ||||||
| 5 | people, ideas, and developments; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Such visits deepen our interests in, and | ||||||
| 7 | appreciation of, history; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, History helps us understand our place in the world | ||||||
| 9 | and how we might improve it; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Increasing visitations at historic sites | ||||||
| 11 | stimulates beautification, preservation, conservation, | ||||||
| 12 | tourism, and business in Illinois communities and counties | ||||||
| 13 | where they are located; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, The Illinois State Historical Society, organized | ||||||
| 15 | in 1899 and recognized by the Illinois General Assembly in | ||||||
| 16 | 1903, has already placed markers at more than four hundred | ||||||
| 17 | historic sites around the State; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, The Illinois General Assembly and the Illinois | ||||||
| 19 | State Historical Society now seek to heighten historical | ||||||
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| 1 | awareness in Illinois residents and visitors by calling | ||||||
| 2 | attention to these markers and historic sites throughout the | ||||||
| 3 | State; therefore, be it
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| 4 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 5 | NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 6 | the week of February 25 through March 2 in 2007 shall be known | ||||||
| 7 | as Illinois State Historical Society Markers Awareness Week | ||||||
| 8 | with a special State ceremony in Springfield on March 2, 2007; | ||||||
| 9 | and be it further | ||||||
| 10 | RESOLVED, That all Illinois residents and visitors are | ||||||
| 11 | encouraged to celebrate this week by learning about historic | ||||||
| 12 | sites in their locales, visiting them, reflecting on their | ||||||
| 13 | importance in history, communicating with others about them, | ||||||
| 14 | and attending ceremonies commemorating them; and be it further | ||||||
| 15 | RESOLVED, That members of the House of Representatives are | ||||||
| 16 | encouraged to participate in the events of this week with their | ||||||
| 17 | colleagues in the Capitol and their constituents in their home | ||||||
| 18 | districts.
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