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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, Illinois Route 173 is a major thoroughfare in the 
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northern portion of the State of Illinois; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The designation of one of the United States Army's 
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units is the 173rd Airborne Brigade; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Many of the men and women who have served in the 
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173rd Airborne Brigade have been the sons and daughters of the 
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State of Illinois; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Specialist Jacob M. Lowell of New Lenox was the 
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first Sky Soldier of the 173rd Airborne Brigade to have been 
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killed in action in its current deployment; therefore, be it

 


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    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE 
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SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that Illinois Route 173 be designated 
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as the 173rd Airborne Brigade Highway in honor of the brave men 
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and women of the United States Army 173rd Airborne Brigade; and 
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be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation 
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is requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with 
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State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs 
 


 






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giving notice of the name of the 173rd Airborne Brigade 
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Highway; and be it further
 
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    RESOLVED, That, in recognition of the men and women of the 
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173rd Airborne Brigade, those available upon the end of the 
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Brigade's current deployment be invited to the State of 
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Illinois to attend this designation; and be it further
 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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delivered to the Secretary of the Illinois Department of 
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Transportation.