Bill Text: IL HJR0053 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Designates Route 25 in Aurora from Sullivan Road to Ashland Avenue as the "SFC Ogden N. Thompson Memorial Highway".
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 20-4)
Status: (Engrossed) 2024-05-23 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kimberly Du Buclet [HJR0053 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HJR0053-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, It is highly fitting that the Illinois General | ||||||
| 3 | Assembly pays honor and respect to those who have served our | ||||||
| 4 | country and, in doing so, have made the ultimate sacrifice for | ||||||
| 5 | our nation; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Sergeant First Class Ogden Neil Thompson of | ||||||
| 7 | Aurora served with the U.S. Army as a member of Company G, 2nd | ||||||
| 8 | Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, SFC Thompson was listed as Missing in Action | ||||||
| 10 | while fighting the enemy near Unsan, North Korea on November | ||||||
| 11 | 1, 1950; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, SFC Thompson was presumed dead on December 31, | ||||||
| 13 | 1953; therefore, be it
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| 14 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 15 | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | ||||||
| 16 | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate Route 25 in Aurora | ||||||
| 17 | from Sullivan Road to Ashland Avenue as the "SFC Ogden N. | ||||||
| 18 | Thompson Memorial Highway"; and be it further
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| 19 | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation | ||||||
| 20 | is requested to erect, at suitable locations consistent with | ||||||
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| 1 | State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs | ||||||
| 2 | giving notice of the name "SFC Ogden N. Thompson Memorial | ||||||
| 3 | Highway"; and be it further
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