Bill Text: IL HR0857 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Recognizes the 100th memorial commemoration of the Showmen's League of America's Showmen's Rest at Woodlawn Cemetery in Forest Park.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-02-27 - Resolution Adopted [HR0857 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HR0857-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 memorial | ||||||
| 4 | commemoration of the Showmen's League of America's Showmen's | ||||||
| 5 | Rest at Woodlawn Cemetery in Forest Park; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, The Showmen's League of America (SLA) was founded | ||||||
| 7 | in 1913 by a group of outdoor showmen meeting at the Saratoga | ||||||
| 8 | Hotel in Chicago; Buffalo Bill Cody, the Wild West performer, | ||||||
| 9 | was elected the club's first president; the SLA is the oldest | ||||||
| 10 | organization of its type in North America; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, The SLA is a community of showpeople, both men and | ||||||
| 12 | women, who are dedicated to service and fellowship; by | ||||||
| 13 | providing scholarships, financial aid, and memorial services, | ||||||
| 14 | they promote the mutual welfare of their members and all | ||||||
| 15 | showpeople, in good times and bad; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, The Showmen's Rest symbolizes the devotion the | ||||||
| 17 | SLA's has to its members and to showpeople; set in Woodlawn | ||||||
| 18 | Cemetery, surrounded by five elephants, trunks lowered in | ||||||
| 19 | mourning, it remains the final resting place for many its | ||||||
| 20 | members; therefore, be it
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| 21 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
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| 1 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 2 | recognize the 100th memorial commemoration of the Showmen's | ||||||
| 3 | League of America's Showmen's Rest at Woodlawn Cemetery in | ||||||
| 4 | Forest Park; and be it further
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| 5 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 6 | presented to the SLA as a symbol of our respect and esteem.
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