|
|
|
|
SJ0005 |
|
LRB094 07718 CSA 37894 r |
|
|
| 1 |
| SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
|
| 2 |
| WHEREAS, Ronald Reagan was born on February 6, 1911, in |
| 3 |
| Tampico, the first American President born in Illinois; as a |
| 4 |
| youth, he worked as a lifeguard at Lowell Park in Dixon, and he |
| 5 |
| graduated from Eureka College in Eureka; and
|
| 6 |
| WHEREAS, President Ronald Wilson Reagan, a man of humble
|
| 7 |
| background, worked throughout his life serving freedom and |
| 8 |
| advancing the public good, having been employed as an
|
| 9 |
| entertainer, union leader, corporate spokesman, Governor of
|
| 10 |
| California, and President of the United States; and
|
| 11 |
| WHEREAS, Ronald Reagan served with honor and distinction
|
| 12 |
| for two terms as the 40th President of the United States of
|
| 13 |
| America, the second of which he earned the confidence of
|
| 14 |
| three-fifths of the electorate and was victorious in 49 of
the |
| 15 |
| 50 states in the general election, a record unsurpassed in the |
| 16 |
| history of American presidential elections; and
|
| 17 |
| WHEREAS, In 1981, when Ronald Reagan was inaugurated |
| 18 |
| President, he inherited a disillusioned nation shackled by |
| 19 |
| rampant inflation and high unemployment; and
|
| 20 |
| WHEREAS, During Mr. Reagan's presidency he worked in a
|
| 21 |
| bipartisan manner to enact his bold agenda of restoring
|
| 22 |
| accountability and common sense to government which led to an
|
| 23 |
| unprecedented economic expansion and opportunity for millions
|
| 24 |
| of Americans; and
|
| 25 |
| WHEREAS, President Reagan's commitment to our armed
forces |
| 26 |
| contributed to the restoration of pride in America,
her values |
| 27 |
| and those cherished by the free world, and
prepared America's |
| 28 |
| Armed Forces to meet 21st Century challenges; and
|
| 29 |
| WHEREAS, President Reagan's vision of "peace through
|