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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the
3 State of Illinois are pleased to congratulate Brody Walworth on
4 attending the American Legion Boys Nation leadership
5 conference in Washington, D.C.; and
 
6     WHEREAS, Mr. Walworth is a resident of Mattoon; he is a
7 senior at Mattoon High School; and
 
8     WHEREAS, The conference was held on July 23-31;
9 participants acted as delegates to the conference's mock
10 Senate; and
 
11     WHEREAS, Mr. Walworth was one of two delegates from
12 Illinois to attend the conference; he was chosen to be a
13 representative during the Premier Boys State event held at
14 Eastern Illinois University in Charleston in June; and
 
15     WHEREAS, Each delegate drafted a "bill" prior to the
16 conference, and four committees decided which proposed laws
17 would make it to the Senate's floor; Mr. Walworth was elected
18 chairman of his committee; and
 
19     WHEREAS, During the conference, Mr. Walworth and the other
20 ninety-six delegates visited the new World War II memorial, the
21 Vietnam memorial, the Korean memorial, the Lincoln memorial,
22 the Armed Forces Court of Appeals, the United States Supreme
23 Court, the State Department, and the Capitol Building; he also
24 visited Arlington National Cemetery and was one of two of the
25 delegates chosen at random to lay a wreath at the Tomb of the
26 Unknown Soldier; and
 
27     WHEREAS, Mr. Walworth listened to several speakers during
28 the conference, including Holocaust survivor, Messe Godin,
29 Clerk of the Supreme Court, Bill Suter, and Undersecretary of

 

 

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1 Political Affairs, Marc Grossman; therefore, be it
 
2     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
3 NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
4 congratulate Brody Walworth on serving as a delegate to the
5 American Legion Boys Nation leadership conference; and be it
6 further
 
7     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
8 presented to Mr. Walworth as an expression of our respect and
9 esteem.