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| HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, John A. Logan was born February 9, 1826, in what |
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| is now Murphysboro, Illinois; raised in a home that was a |
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| center of political activity, he came to love politics at an |
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| early age; and |
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| WHEREAS, In the 1850s,
Mr. Logan began a political career |
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| that led from county clerk to U.S. Congressman; and |
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| WHEREAS, At the onset of the Civil War, the formerly |
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| pro-Southern John Logan decided that "the Union must prevail"; |
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| he fought at Bull Run as a civilian; he then returned home, |
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| where his speech at Marion put southern Illinois during the |
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| Civil War strongly in the Union camp; and |
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| WHEREAS, He volunteered for the war and rose from colonel |
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| to major general; fighting in eight major campaigns, he |
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| distinguished himself at Vicksburg and commanded the entire |
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| Union forces at the Battle of Atlanta; at the war's end, he |
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| saved Raleigh, North Carolina, from being burned by angry Union |
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| troops; many historians consider him the premier volunteer |
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| general of the Civil War; and |
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| WHEREAS, After the war, he returned to Congress; his |
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| concern for veterans led him to take part in Illinois' first |
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| organized veterans memorial services at Woodlawn Cemetery in |
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| Carbondale in 1866; in 1868, he helped found Memorial Day as a |
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| national holiday; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1871 and again in 1874, John Logan was elected |
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| to the U.S. Senate; throughout his political career, he was a |
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| strong advocate for public education; in 1884, he was James G. |
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| Blaine's vice-presidential running mate; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE |
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| SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that the portion of Illinois Route 13 |
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| lying between Murphysboro and the Kentucky border be designated |
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| the John A. Logan Highway; and be it further |