Bill Text: IL HR0452 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Recognizes the 100th anniversary of the First Division and the First Division Museum at Cantigny for the important work they do to archive and present the military history of the First Division.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 26-10)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-30 - Resolution Adopted [HR0452 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HR0452-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives wish to recognize the 100th anniversary of the | ||||||
4 | First Division and the First Division Museum at Cantigny for | ||||||
5 | the important work they do to archive and present the military | ||||||
6 | history of the First Division; and
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7 | WHEREAS, One hundred years ago, as the United States | ||||||
8 | entered World War I, the War Department issued orders for a | ||||||
9 | "division" to go to France; the First Division, today's 1st | ||||||
10 | Infantry Division, the storied Big Red One, has been on | ||||||
11 | continuous active duty ever since; and
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12 | WHEREAS, The First Division Museum was founded in 1960; it | ||||||
13 | has not undergone any major renovations since it was moved from | ||||||
14 | its original location in the Cantigny Park Visitors Center to | ||||||
15 | its current building in 1992; and
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16 | WHEREAS, First Division Museum officials announced a $7 | ||||||
17 | million redesign project that will update existing exhibits - | ||||||
18 | which span the period from the division's beginning in 1917 | ||||||
19 | through the Vietnam War in 1970 - and create new ones | ||||||
20 | highlighting its more recent history; and
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21 | WHEREAS, The First Division Museum attracts approximately |
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1 | 170,000 visitors annually; it shut its doors on Veterans Day in | ||||||
2 | November of 2016 and will reopen in the summer of 2017, | ||||||
3 | coinciding with the centennial of the First Division and World | ||||||
4 | War I; therefore, be it
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5 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
6 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
7 | recognize the 100th anniversary of the First Division and the | ||||||
8 | First Division Museum at Cantigny for the important work they | ||||||
9 | do to archive and present the military history of the First | ||||||
10 | Division; and be it further
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11 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
12 | presented to First Division Museum Director Paul Herbert.
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