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| 1 | | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, This year marks the 250th Anniversary of the |
| 3 | | founding of the United States Marine Corps; and
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| 4 | | WHEREAS, The phrase "Semper Fidelis" is Latin for "always |
| 5 | | faithful" and is the motto of the United States Marine Corps; |
| 6 | | and
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| 7 | | WHEREAS, This promise means that Marines are always |
| 8 | | faithful to those on their left and right, from the fellow |
| 9 | | Marines they fight alongside to those in their communities for |
| 10 | | whom they fight; therefore, be it
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| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL |
| 12 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF |
| 13 | | REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate the |
| 14 | | portion of Interstate Route 80 of the National System of |
| 15 | | Interstate and Defense Highways within the State of Illinois, |
| 16 | | from mile marker 26 to mile marker 51, as the "U.S. Marine |
| 17 | | Corps Highway Semper Fidelis"; and be it further
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| 18 | | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation |
| 19 | | is requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with |
| 20 | | State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs |
| 21 | | giving notice of the name "U.S. Marine Corps Highway Semper |