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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, St. John's Conclave is the State of Illinois' 
3premier body of the Order of the Red Cross of Constantine; the 
4organization was initially chartered by the Grand Imperial 
5Conclave of the Red Cross of England on February 3, 1872; and
  
 
6    WHEREAS, St. John's Conclave was declared to be the 
7Conclave No. 1 of the Grand Imperial Council of Knights of the 
8Red Cross of Constantine and Knights of the Holy Sepulchre of 
9the State of Illinois on August 30, 1872, heading the Empire of 
10the West; and
  
 
11    WHEREAS, The membership of St. John's Conclave has 
12included many distinguished citizens who have contributed 
13significantly to Chicago and the State of Illinois, including 
14Chicago City Comptroller Theodore T. Gurney (1820–1886), 
15Chicago Mayor DeWitt Clinton Cregier (1829-1898), Lieutenant 
16Governor of Illinois and Brigadier General John Corson Smith 
17(1832–1910), Chief Executive Officer W. Clement Stone 
18(1902–2002),  Governor of Illinois Richard B. Ogilvie 
19(1923–1988), and many other leaders in medicine, law, and 
20business; and
  
 
21    WHEREAS, St. John's Conclave continues in its 151st year 
22of providing fraternal support to the community and following 
 
 
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1out the chivalric traditions of Constantinian Freemasonry; 
2therefore, be it
  
 
3    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE 
4HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
5we declare March 1, 2023 as St. John's Conclave Day in the 
6State of Illinois; and be it further
  
 
7    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
8presented to the Recorder Martin P. Starr of St. John's 
9Conclave.