Bill Text: IL SJR0014 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Designates the section of Route 6 in the City of Marseilles that runs from the intersections of Route 6 and Oakdale Street to Route 6 and Main Street as the "SPEC Norman Treest Memorial Highway".
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2023-02-02 - Referred to Assignments [SJR0014 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SJR0014-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, It is highly fitting that the Illinois General | ||||||
| 3 | Assembly pays honor and respect to the truly great individuals
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| 4 | who have served our country and, in doing so, have made the
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| 5 | ultimate sacrifice for our nation; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, U.S. Army Specialist 4 Norman Eugene Treest was | ||||||
| 7 | born in Aurora in 1947 and graduated from Ottawa High School in | ||||||
| 8 | 1965; he enlisted in the U.S. Army on May 18, 1966; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, SPEC Treest was wounded on December 18, 1966 and | ||||||
| 10 | returned to Vietnam on April 20, 1967; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, While on patrol on July 1, 1967, SPEC Treest was | ||||||
| 12 | wounded a second time and succumbed to his injuries on July 5; | ||||||
| 13 | and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, SPEC Treest was awarded the Purple Heart for | ||||||
| 15 | wounds received in action; therefore, be it
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| 16 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | ||||||
| 17 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF | ||||||
| 18 | REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate the | ||||||
| 19 | section of Route 6 in the City of Marseilles that runs from the | ||||||
| 20 | intersections of Route 6 and Oakdale Street to Route 6 and Main | ||||||
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| 1 | Street as the "SPEC Norman Treest Memorial Highway"; and be it | ||||||
| 2 | further
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| 3 | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation
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| 4 | is requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with
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| 5 | State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs
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| 6 | giving notice of the name "SPEC Norman Treest Memorial | ||||||
| 7 | Highway"; and be it further
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| 8 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 9 | presented to the family of SPEC Treest, the Mayor of | ||||||
| 10 | Marseilles, and the Secretary of the Illinois Department of | ||||||
| 11 | Transportation.
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