Bill Text: IL HR1070 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Recognizes the Col. Charles Young temporary exhibit to be on display at the Veterans Memorial Hall in Rockford starting on May 17, 2014 and throughout the month of June.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-05-07 - Resolution Adopted [HR1070 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HR1070-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 opening of the Col. | ||||||
| 4 | Charles Young temporary exhibit and the presentation of the | ||||||
| 5 | bronze maquette in his honor - the nation's first black colonel | ||||||
| 6 | in the United States Armed Forces; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Col. Charles Young was born in 1864 to enslaved | ||||||
| 8 | parents and became only the 3rd African-American to graduate | ||||||
| 9 | from West Point; he rose through the military ranks and became | ||||||
| 10 | the first black American in the regular army to be promoted to | ||||||
| 11 | Colonel in 1917; in 1918, he was stationed at Camp Grant in | ||||||
| 12 | Rockford; in addition to his exemplary military record, he | ||||||
| 13 | served as the Superintendent of Sequoia National Park in | ||||||
| 14 | California and as the nation's first black military attache to | ||||||
| 15 | a foreign government; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Col. Charles Young was many things - a diplomat, | ||||||
| 17 | an educator, a Buffalo Soldier - and his legacy lives on | ||||||
| 18 | through all the African-American soldiers, Colonels, Generals, | ||||||
| 19 | and Flag Officers that came after him; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, The Coalition of Black Veterans, in conjunction | ||||||
| 21 | with the African American Gallery of the Ethnic Heritage Museum | ||||||
| 22 | has been working diligently to get Col. Young an honorary | ||||||
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| 1 | promotion to the rank of Brigadier General; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The Col. Charles Young temporary exhibit will open | ||||||
| 3 | starting on May 17, 2014, Armed Forces Day, at the Veterans | ||||||
| 4 | Memorial Hall in Rockford and will remain open throughout the | ||||||
| 5 | month of June; therefore, be it
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| 6 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 7 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 8 | we recognize the opening of the Col. Charles Young temporary | ||||||
| 9 | exhibit and the presentation of the bronze maquette in his | ||||||
| 10 | honor; and be it further
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| 11 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 12 | presented to the National Coalition of Black Veteran | ||||||
| 13 | Organizations as an expression of our esteem and respect.
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