Bill Text: IL HR0083 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Extends the Ronald Reagan Trail to include portions of U.S. Route 30 and Highway 136 through the City of Fulton and U.S. Route 34 from the City of Princeton, through the City of Galesburg, to the City of Monmouth.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-03-08 - Resolution Adopted 112-000-000 [HR0083 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HR0083-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, Ronald Wilson Reagan was born on February 6, 1911, | ||||||
3 | in Tampico,
Illinois, the son of Nellie and John Reagan; and
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4 | WHEREAS, Ronald Reagan and his family in 1915 moved to | ||||||
5 | Galesburg, Illinois,
and he
began his formal education at Silas | ||||||
6 | Willard School; and
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7 | WHEREAS, Ronald Reagan and his family then moved to | ||||||
8 | Monmouth, Illinois, and
resided in
that fair community during | ||||||
9 | his formative years from 1917-1919, and where he
attended | ||||||
10 | Monmouth Central School; and
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11 | WHEREAS, When Ronald Reagan was 9 years of age, the family | ||||||
12 | settled in Dixon,
Illinois,
where at Dixon High School he | ||||||
13 | played football and basketball, ran track, served
as president | ||||||
14 | of the student body, and first performed as an actor; and
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15 | WHEREAS, Ronald Reagan graduated from Eureka College in | ||||||
16 | 1932 with a degree in
economics and sociology; and
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17 | WHEREAS, From humble beginnings, Ronald Reagan went on to | ||||||
18 | become a
sportscaster, actor, Governor of California, and | ||||||
19 | President of the United
States; and
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1 | WHEREAS, Ronald Reagan was elected President of the United | ||||||
2 | States in 1980; a
favorite of the American populace, he was | ||||||
3 | elected to a second term in 1984; and
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4 | WHEREAS, Ronald Wilson Reagan, the 40th President of the | ||||||
5 | United States,
warrants a public tribute as a son of Illinois; | ||||||
6 | and
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7 | WHEREAS, In 1999, portions of Illinois Route 172 and 92 | ||||||
8 | from Tampico to
Illinois Route
26 and the portions of Illinois | ||||||
9 | Route 26, Illinois Route 29, and U.S. Route 24
from Dixon to | ||||||
10 | Eureka were designated as the Ronald Reagan Trail by Senate | ||||||
11 | Joint
Resolution 3; and
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12 | WHEREAS, The City of Fulton is the ancestral beginning of | ||||||
13 | Ronald Reagan's connection to Illinois and the cities of | ||||||
14 | Princeton, Galesburg, and Monmouth were essential in
the | ||||||
15 | upbringing of Ronald Reagan and should be included in the | ||||||
16 | Ronald Reagan
Trail; therefore, be it
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17 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
18 | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | ||||||
19 | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that
the
Ronald Reagan Trail is | ||||||
20 | extended to include those portions of U.S. Route 30 and Highway | ||||||
21 | 136 through the City of Fulton, and the portions of U.S. Route
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22 | 34 from
the City of Princeton, through the City of Galesburg, |
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1 | to the City of Monmouth;
and be
it further
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2 | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation, | ||||||
3 | in accordance with
applicable State and federal laws and rules | ||||||
4 | and in cooperation with units of
local government, be requested | ||||||
5 | to erect appropriate signs, markers, or plaques
along the | ||||||
6 | extended portions of the Ronald Reagan Trail in recognition of | ||||||
7 | this
designation; and be it further
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8 | RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be delivered to | ||||||
9 | the Illinois
Department of Transportation.
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