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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, President Ronald Wilson Reagan, a man of humble |
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| background, worked
throughout his life serving freedom and |
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| advancing the public good, having been
employed as an |
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| entertainer, union leader, corporate spokesman, Governor of
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| California, and President of the United States; and
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| WHEREAS, Ronald Reagan was born on February 6, 1911, in |
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| Tampico, Illinois, the first American President born in |
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| Illinois; as a youth, he worked as a lifeguard at Lowell Park |
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| in Dixon, Illinois, and he graduated from Eureka College, |
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| located in Eureka, Illinois; and
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| WHEREAS, Ronald Reagan served with honor and distinction |
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| for two terms as the
40th President of the United States of |
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| America; in the 1984 election he earned
the confidence of |
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| three-fifths of the electorate and was victorious in 49 of
the |
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| 50 states in the general election, a record unsurpassed in the |
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| history of
American presidential elections; and
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| WHEREAS, During Mr. Reagan's presidency he worked in a |
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| bipartisan manner to
enact his bold agenda of restoring |
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| accountability and common sense to
government which led to an |
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| unprecedented economic expansion and opportunity for
millions |
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| of Americans; and
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| WHEREAS, President Reagan's commitment to our armed forces |
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| contributed to the
restoration of pride in America, her values |
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| and those cherished by the free
world, and prepared America's |
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| Armed Forces to win the Gulf War; and
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| WHEREAS, President Reagan's vision of "peace through |
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| strength" led to the end
of the Cold War and the ultimate |
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| demise of the Soviet Union, guaranteeing basic
human rights for |
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| millions of people; and
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