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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