093_HR0195

                                     LRB093 11404 HSS 13970 r

 1                          HOUSE RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS, Cuba was a colony of Spain; in 1895, the  Cubans
 3    began the war to obtain independence; and

 4        WHEREAS,  In 1898, after the USS Maine was destroyed, the
 5    United States declared war on Spain, which ended  in  Spanish
 6    defeat; and

 7        WHEREAS,  The  United  States  stayed  in Cuba until 1902
 8    helping Cubans with  the  establishment  of  the  first  free
 9    government;  on  May 20, 1902, the Cuban flag was hoisted for
10    the first time, and the independence of  Cuba  was  declared;
11    therefore, be it

12        RESOLVED,   BY   THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES  OF  THE
13    NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,  that
14    we  name  May 20, 2003 as Cuban Independence Day in the State
15    of Illinois.