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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are honored to recognize the milestones of the
4 communities in the State of Illinois; and
 
5     WHEREAS, The Village of Durand is celebrating its
6 sesquicentennial anniversary this year, with the theme of the
7 celebration being "Traveling Through Time"; and
 
8     WHEREAS, The Village of Durand has had an interesting
9 history; it was first settled in the fall of 1835, when Nelson
10 Salisbury and Harvey Lowe came from LaPorte Indiana and staked
11 claims in what later became sections 31, 32, and 34 of Durand
12 Township; and
 
13     WHEREAS, In 1837, Heman Campbell, George and John
14 Pettingill, Elijah and George Felts, George Cochran, John and
15 B. Phillip, John A. Johnson, Stephen Reese, A. Cram, John H.
16 Fleming, Charles M. Franklin, John and P. Mann, Dennis Brach,
17 and George A. Fritz, Sr. all came to the area; the first
18 Methodist class was organized that same year and the first
19 Methodist sermon was preached by Rev. Whitford in the home of
20 Scott Robb; and
 
21     WHEREAS, The first merchant, John Davies, settled in Durand
22 in 1847; and by 1857, the business directory of the town listed
23 500 inhabitants and 100 families; and
 
24     WHEREAS, Many residents of Durand have also served their
25 country; the town boasts two monuments for veterans; the first
26 monument was dedicated on September 22, 1920 and carries the
27 names of those who enlisted from Durand and Laona townships in
28 the Civil War, Spanish-American War, and World War I; and the
29 second monument was dedicated in 1997 for those who served in
30 World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf, Panama, and

 

 

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1 Lebanon-Grenada; therefore, be it
 
2     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
3 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
4 that we congratulate the citizens of the Village of Durand on
5 its 150th anniversary and wish them and their town many more
6 years of success; and be it further
 
7     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
8 presented to President of the Village of Durand.