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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
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| Representatives wish to recognize Kenneth Collier of Salem as |
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| he proudly passes the torch of a cherished Memorial Day |
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| tradition of playing "Taps" to his grandson, Charlie Snow; and
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| WHEREAS, His first time playing "Taps" on his trumpet at |
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| the Memorial Day service was in 1947, when a clarinet player, |
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| Bill Hunington, and he, a seventh grader, played with the high |
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| school band; the only time Kenneth Collier has been interrupted |
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| from his mission was during the Korean Conflict in the 1950s; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, When Kenneth Collier was in the Navy, he was in |
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| the Drum and Bugle Corps in San Diego, even though he had never |
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| played a bugle before; he was able to attend the United States |
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| Navy School of Music and was fortunate enough to play in |
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| Washington, D.C. on several occasions; as part of the Navy |
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| band, he was selected to go on two world cruises as a musician; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, He has played at funerals everywhere and sometimes |
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| played at as many as four a day; he kept a record of the |
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| funerals for which he had played "Taps" over the years, but |
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| stopped counting when he reached 2,000; and
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| WHEREAS, On Memorial Day 2004, Kenneth Collier listened |
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| intently as Charlie, his grandson, played those familiar notes |
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| as his grandfather had done for almost 60 years; therefore, be |
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| it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
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| recognize Kenneth Collier's lifelong devotion to the tradition |
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| of "Taps" as he passes on the torch to his grandson; and we |