Bill Text: IL HJR0011 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Designates the section of Illinois Route 59 from Caton Farm Road to Illinois Route 126 as the "PFC Andrew Meari Memorial Highway".

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Passed) 2021-06-01 - Adopted Both Houses [HJR0011 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-HJR0011-Engrossed.html

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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 11
WHEREAS, Private First Class Andrew N. Meari was assigned
to service in Afghanistan as a member of 1st Battalion, 502nd
Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne
Division (Air Assault); and
WHEREAS, While returning from active patrol on November 1,
2010 at a location adjacent to Combat Outpost Senjeray, a
motorcycle approached the foot patrol; anticipating the
explosion, PFC Meari stepped toward the vehicle-borne suicide
bomber, absorbing the majority of the explosion and protecting
his squad mates; despite his heroic efforts, PFC Meari and one
other member of his squad were fatally wounded; and
WHEREAS, PFC Meari was killed in action in Afghanistan on
November 1, 2010 under circumstances that saved multiple lives
in the combat outpost that was under attack; and
WHEREAS, The memory of PFC Meari and his heroic service is
commemorated by his neighbors with PFC Andrew Meari Memorial
Park, located in his home town of Plainfield; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE
SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate the section of

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Illinois Route 59 from Caton Farm Road to Illinois Route 126 as
the "PFC Andrew Meari Memorial Highway"; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation
is requested to erect, at suitable locations consistent with
State and Federal regulations, an appropriate plaque or signs
giving notice of the name "PFC Andrew Meari Memorial Highway";
and be it further
RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
presented to Denise Williams of Plainfield, the mother of
Private First Class Andrew N. Meari, and the Secretary of the
Illinois Department of Transportation.