Bill Text: IL HJR0011 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Designates the section of Route 6 in the City of Marseilles that runs from the intersections of Route 6 and Oakdale Street to Route 6 and Main Street as the "SPC Norman Treest Memorial Highway".
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-25 - Adopted Both Houses [HJR0011 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HJR0011-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, It is highly fitting that the Illinois General | ||||||
3 | Assembly pays honor and respect to truly great individuals
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4 | have served our country and, in doing so, have made the
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5 | ultimate sacrifice for our nation; and
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6 | WHEREAS, U.S. Army Specialist 4 Norman Eugene Treest was | ||||||
7 | born in Aurora in 1947; he graduated from Ottawa High School in | ||||||
8 | 1965; he enlisted in the U.S. Army on May 18, 1966; and
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9 | WHEREAS, SPC Treest was wounded on December 18, 1966, and | ||||||
10 | he returned to Vietnam on April 20, 1967; and
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11 | WHEREAS, While on patrol on July 1, 1967, SPC Treest was | ||||||
12 | wounded a second time and succumbed to his injuries on July 5, | ||||||
13 | 1967; and
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14 | WHEREAS, SPC Treest was awarded the Purple Heart for | ||||||
15 | wounds received in action; therefore, be it
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16 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
17 | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | ||||||
18 | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate the section of | ||||||
19 | Route 6 in the City of Marseilles that runs from the | ||||||
20 | intersections of Route 6 and Oakdale Street to Route 6 and Main |
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1 | Street as the "SPC Norman Treest Memorial Highway"; and be it | ||||||
2 | further
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3 | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation
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4 | is requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with
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5 | State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs
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6 | giving notice of the name "SPC Norman Treest Memorial | ||||||
7 | Highway"; and be it further
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8 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
9 | presented to the family of SPC Treest, the Mayor of | ||||||
10 | Marseilles, and the Secretary of the Illinois Department of | ||||||
11 | Transportation.
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