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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, Sharon Conatser, a proud citizen of Champaign,
3will be elected to serve as National President of the American
4Legion Auxiliary during the organization's 95th National
5Convention in Baltimore, Maryland on September 3, 2015, with
6the theme of "Keeping the Promise"; she is a proud American
7Legion Family member of Urbana Auxiliary Unit 71; and
 
8    WHEREAS, Founded in 1919, the American Legion Auxiliary is
9the world's largest women's patriotic service organization
10with a national membership of nearly 800,000; the organization
11has a strong presence in more than 9,000 communities
12nationwide, including 496 Auxiliary units in the State of
13Illinois; and
 
14    WHEREAS, Sharon Conatser joined the American Legion
15Auxiliary with her eligibility through her father, Clay Lofton,
16a World War II and Korean War veteran; she is also eligible
17through her husband, Marty, a Vietnam veteran, and her son,
18Rick, a veteran from the Gulf War era; her 3 sons,
19daughters-in-law, and 5 grandchildren are all members of the
20American Legion Family; and
 
21    WHEREAS, Sharon Conatser has held numerous Auxiliary
22leadership positions in the organization at the unit, district,

 

 

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1and department levels; at the national level, she has chaired
2many committees and has served special appointments since 2001;
3during the 2007-2008 administrative year, she served as First
4Lady of The American Legion; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Sharon Conatser chose Springfield as the site and
6host city of her National President's Homecoming to show her
7the rich historic and cultural fabric within her boundaries;
8and
 
9    WHEREAS, The City of Springfield has hosted the annual
10Department of Illinois American Legion Auxiliary Convention on
11numerous occasions; the hometown of Abraham Lincoln is the
12perfect canvas on which to showcase the American Legion's
13history of service to our nation's veterans; therefore, be it
 
14    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
15NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
16designate October 23-25, 2015 as National American Legion
17Auxiliary President Sharon Conatser's Homecoming Weekend in
18the State of Illinois and encourage all of our citizens to
19recognize the honorable 95-year tradition of the American
20Legion Auxiliary's volunteerism of "Service not Self"; and be
21it further
 
22    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be

 

 

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1presented to Sharon Conatser as a symbol of our respect and
2esteem.