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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, Illinois Route 173 is a major thoroughfare in the
3 northern portion of the State of Illinois; and
 
4     WHEREAS, The designation of one of the United States Army's
5 units is the 173rd Airborne Brigade; and
 
6     WHEREAS, Many of the men and women who have served in the
7 173rd Airborne Brigade have been the sons and daughters of the
8 State of Illinois; and
 
9     WHEREAS, Specialist Jacob M. Lowell of New Lenox was the
10 first Sky Soldier of the 173rd Airborne Brigade to have been
11 killed in action in its current deployment; therefore, be it
 
12     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL
13 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that Illinois Route 173 be
14 designated as the 173rd Airborne Brigade Highway in honor of
15 the brave men and women of the United States Army 173rd
16 Airborne Brigade; and be it further
 
17     RESOLVED, That those who have served in the 173rd Airborne
18 Brigade, at their request or at the request of an immediate
19 family member if deceased, may have their names designated
20 along Illinois Route 173; and be it further
 

 

 

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1     RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation
2 is requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with
3 State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs
4 giving notice of the name of the 173rd Airborne Brigade Highway
5 and the names of those who have served in the 173rd Airborne
6 Brigade; and be it further
 
7     RESOLVED, That, in recognition of the men and women of the
8 173rd Airborne Brigade, those available upon the end of the
9 Brigade's current deployment be invited to the State of
10 Illinois to attend this designation; and be it further
 
11     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
12 delivered to the Secretary of the Illinois Department of
13 Transportation.