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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives wish to congratulate the Stanford family and | ||||||
| 4 | the Mount Vernon Memorial Gardens Cemetery on the occasion of | ||||||
| 5 | its 75th anniversary, marked in April 2022; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, The Stanford family and the staff and volunteers | ||||||
| 7 | of Mount Vernon Memorial Gardens Cemetery work extraordinarily | ||||||
| 8 | hard to patriotically provide the veterans buried there an | ||||||
| 9 | honorable place to rest in peace; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Each year, The Mount Vernon Memorial Gardens | ||||||
| 11 | Cemetery, located at 6449 East Illinois Highway 15, has | ||||||
| 12 | celebrated and honored the veterans buried there by placing | ||||||
| 13 | small flags on each veteran's grave on Veterans Day and by | ||||||
| 14 | erecting flags and crosses with the names of the deceased | ||||||
| 15 | veterans on Memorial Day; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, The Mount Vernon Memorial Gardens Cemetery will | ||||||
| 17 | also be participating in its fourth annual National Wreaths | ||||||
| 18 | Across America Day, a nationwide movement that aims to cover | ||||||
| 19 | all veterans' grave markers with a wreath; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, The National Wreaths Across America Day has been | ||||||
| 21 | observed annually on the second Saturday in December for the | ||||||
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| 1 | last 28 years; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The Mount Vernon Memorial Gardens Cemetery's goal | ||||||
| 3 | for 2022 is to cover every veteran's gravestone with a | ||||||
| 4 | memorial wreath; in the last two years, wreaths were placed on | ||||||
| 5 | every veteran's grave; in the first year, 350 wreaths were | ||||||
| 6 | placed; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, To reach its goal, the Mount Vernon Memorial | ||||||
| 8 | Gardens Cemetery is taking donations from individuals and | ||||||
| 9 | charity groups to honor its yearly commitment to National | ||||||
| 10 | Wreaths Across America; therefore, be it
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| 11 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 12 | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 13 | we congratulate the Mount Vernon Memorial Gardens Cemetery on | ||||||
| 14 | its 75th anniversary, and we commend it for its efforts in | ||||||
| 15 | joining National Wreaths Across America Day and for providing | ||||||
| 16 | the veterans buried on its hallowed grounds an honored final | ||||||
| 17 | resting place; and be it further
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| 18 | RESOLVED, That we thank Eugene and Cathy Stanford, their | ||||||
| 19 | daughter, U.S. Army Reserve Lieutenant Colonel Samantha | ||||||
| 20 | Stanford, and all the staff and volunteers who work to | ||||||
| 21 | maintain the Mount Vernon Memorial Gardens Cemetery; and be it | ||||||
| 22 | further
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| 1 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 2 | presented to the Stanford Family and the Mount Vernon Memorial | ||||||
| 3 | Gardens Cemetery as an expression of our esteem and respect.
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