Bill Text: IL SJR0048 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Designates the Main Street bridge over I-80 in Princeton as the "Staff Sergeant Lincoln Hollinsaid Memorial Bridge."
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Failed) 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SJR0048 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SJR0048-Introduced.html
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1 | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, It is highly fitting that the Illinois General
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3 | Assembly pays honor and respect to individuals who have given
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4 | their lives in service to their communities; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Staff Sergeant Lincoln Hollinsaid was raised in | ||||||
6 | Lake Wildwood and later moved to Malden; he graduated from | ||||||
7 | Princeton High School; and
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8 | WHEREAS, Staff Sergeant Hollinsaid enlisted in the United | ||||||
9 | States Army in 1995; before the invasion of Iraq in 2003, he | ||||||
10 | transferred to a different military unit to have a better | ||||||
11 | opportunity of serving in combat; and
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12 | WHEREAS, On April 7, 2003, Staff Sergeant Hollinsaid was | ||||||
13 | the platoon SGT when they had been assigned a mission to tear | ||||||
14 | down a wall that aligned with Highway 8 near the Baghdad | ||||||
15 | airport; after a section had come down, he walked forward to | ||||||
16 | see what was there; at that time, enemy combatants fired upon | ||||||
17 | him, and he was hit by small arms fire and an RPG; he died | ||||||
18 | instantly; and
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19 | WHEREAS, Staff Sergeant Hollinsaid was an avid outdoorsman | ||||||
20 | and loved to hunt and drive his pickup, which he had adapted to | ||||||
21 | use for four wheeling in the rough terrain and mountains of |
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1 | Southern California; therefore, be it
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2 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | ||||||
3 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | ||||||
4 | CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate the Main Street bridge | ||||||
5 | over I-80 in Princeton as the "Staff Sergeant Lincoln | ||||||
6 | Hollinsaid Memorial Bridge"; and be it further
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7 | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation
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8 | is requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with
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9 | State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs
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10 | giving notice of the name "Staff Sergeant Lincoln Hollinsaid | ||||||
11 | Memorial Bridge"; and be it further
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12 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
13 | presented to the family of Staff Sergeant Hollinsaid and the | ||||||
14 | Secretary of Transportation.
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