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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Adlai Ewing Stevenson II, born on February 5, |
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| 1900, was raised in Bloomington, Illinois, attended schools in |
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| Bloomington and Normal, and worked at the Daily Pantagraph; and
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| WHEREAS, Adlai Stevenson II served his country in numerous |
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| government posts, including attendance at the 1945 San |
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| Francisco Conference that founded the United Nations, his |
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| election in 1948 to the office of Governor of the State of |
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| Illinois, and his appointment as United States Ambassador to |
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| the United Nations from 1961 until the time of his death in |
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| 1965, after which he was interred in his family plot at |
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| Evergreen Cemetery in Bloomington; and
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| WHEREAS, Adlai Stevenson II was tremendously admired for |
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| the eloquence with which he campaigned for the office of |
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| President of the United States in 1952 and 1956, saying "Let's |
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| talk sense to the American people. Let's tell them the truth, |
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| that there are no gains without pains, that we are now on the |
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| eve of great decisions, not easy decisions, like resistance |
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| when you are attacked, but a long, patient, costly struggle |
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| which alone can assure triumph over the great many enemies of |
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| man - war, poverty, and tyranny - and the assaults upon human |
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| dignity which are the most grievous consequences of each."; and
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| WHEREAS, The following teachers and students of Oakland |
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| Elementary School, in cooperation with the McLean County Museum |
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| of History, studied the life of Adlai Stevenson II and |
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| requested that we issue this resolution in his honor; the third |
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| grade students are Joseph Clay, Jovanny Fernandez, Grant |
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| Guttschow, Seth Harris, Sydney Hendricks, Anna Holloway, |
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| Snehal Kadam, Alex Kizer, Grant Koch, Jacob Oller, Adam Swords, |
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| and their teacher, Janenne Scott; and
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| WHEREAS, The fourth grade students are Alex Alexander, |
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| Richard Burgauer, Jenna Cicci, Justin Corry, Kendall DeBoer, |
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| Carol Gu, Elizabeth Hebert, Miranda Henson, Julia Irwin, Anissa |
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| Ortiz, Caleb Sorensen, Curtis Wiese, and their teacher, Shari |
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| Cooper; and
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| WHEREAS, The fifth grade students are Guilianno Barlow, |
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| James Clay, Dustin Debart, Scott Dillman, Patrick Fitzgerald, |
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| Abby Gros, Elizabeth Lindenmeier, Kyle O'Daniel, David Pelo, |
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| Lindsay Summers, Dallas Thornton, Cassie Tuggle, and their |
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| teacher, Leslie Frizzell; and
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| WHEREAS, The McLean County Museum of History members are |
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| Executive Director Greg Koos; Director of Education Laura |
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| Wheaton; and Bloomington Alderman Michael G. Matejka, Member of |
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| the Board; 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, that |
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| February 5, 2008 and every February 5 thereafter be designated |
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| Adlai Stevenson Day in the State of Illinois; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be |
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| presented to McLean County Museum of History Executive Director |
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| Greg Koos, and Oakland Elementary School teachers Janenne |
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| Scott, Shari Cooper, and Leslie Frizzell.
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