Bill Text: IL SJR0032 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Designates the West Baltimore Street Bridge over Forked Creek in Wilmington as the "Sgt. Dan G. Feezell Memorial Bridge".
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SJR0032 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SJR0032-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 | ||||||
| 4 | who have served our country and, in doing so, have made the | ||||||
| 5 | ultimate sacrifice for our
nation; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Sgt. Dan G. Feezell was born in Wilmington on | ||||||
| 7 | March 10, 1948; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Sgt. Feezell bravely served his country in the | ||||||
| 9 | U.S. Army with the 101st Airborne Division; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Sgt. Feezell began a tour of duty in South Vietnam | ||||||
| 11 | on May 3, 1969; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Sgt. Feezell was killed in action in the Quang Tri | ||||||
| 13 | Province of South
Vietnam on August 12, 1970; therefore, be it
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| 14 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | ||||||
| 15 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | ||||||
| 16 | CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate the West Baltimore Street | ||||||
| 17 | Bridge over Forked Creek in Wilmington as the "Sgt. Dan G. | ||||||
| 18 | Feezell Memorial Bridge"; and be it further
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| 19 | 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 the
"Sgt. Dan G. Feezell Memorial | ||||||
| 4 | Bridge"; and be it further
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| 5 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 6 | presented to the family of Sgt. Feezell, the
Mayor of | ||||||
| 7 | Wilmington, and the Secretary of Transportation.
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