Bill Text: IL HJR0088 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Designates the section of Interstate 57 in the City of Benton as the "38th Parallel Korean Veteran Highway".
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 11-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2022-04-08 - Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Craig Wilcox [HJR0088 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HJR0088-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, A grateful nation cannot forget and must remember | ||||||
| 3 | the many sacrifices and contributions to the cause of freedom | ||||||
| 4 | made by the outstanding men and women who served in the Korean | ||||||
| 5 | War; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, The Korean War has played an important part in | ||||||
| 7 | American history, and the veterans of the Korean War have | ||||||
| 8 | earned the respect and admiration of all people; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, The Korean War began when communist North Korea | ||||||
| 10 | invaded South Korea on June 25, 1950; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, The United States secured a resolution from the | ||||||
| 12 | United Nations calling for the military defense of South Korea | ||||||
| 13 | against the North Korean aggression, and in a matter of days, | ||||||
| 14 | U.S. land, air, and sea forces had joined the battle; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, Between June 25, 1950 and July 27, 1953, | ||||||
| 16 | approximately 5,720,000 Americans served in the military, many | ||||||
| 17 | of whom were stationed in Korea; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, An estimated 298,000 citizens from the State of | ||||||
| 19 | Illinois served during the Korean War; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, A total of 33,700 soldiers, sailors, marines, and | ||||||
| 2 | Air Force personnel were killed in Korea, and more than | ||||||
| 3 | 100,000 were wounded; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, In total, 1,789 members of the Armed Forces from | ||||||
| 5 | Illinois never returned home from Korea, including 396 | ||||||
| 6 | POW/MIAs who remain unaccounted for; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, The Korean Armistice Agreement was signed after | ||||||
| 8 | three years of war; the two sides agreed to create a 2.5-mile | ||||||
| 9 | buffer zone between the states, known as the Korean | ||||||
| 10 | Demilitarized Zone, reflecting the territory held by each side | ||||||
| 11 | at the end of the war, which crosses the 38th parallel | ||||||
| 12 | diagonally; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Franklin County shares a unique latitudinal line, | ||||||
| 14 | the 38th parallel, with the historical boundary between North | ||||||
| 15 | and South Korea; therefore, be it
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| 16 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 17 | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | ||||||
| 18 | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate the section of | ||||||
| 19 | Interstate 57 in the City of Benton as the "38th Parallel | ||||||
| 20 | Korean Veteran Highway"; and be it further
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| 21 | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation | ||||||
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| 1 | is requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with | ||||||
| 2 | State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs | ||||||
| 3 | giving notice of the name of the "38th Parallel Korean Veteran | ||||||
| 4 | Highway"; and be it further
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| 5 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 6 | presented to the Korean War Veterans Association and the | ||||||
| 7 | Secretary of the Illinois Department of Transportation.
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