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Full Text of HJR0010  103rd General Assembly

HJ0010 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY


  

 


 
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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, It is highly fitting that the Illinois General
3Assembly pays honor and respect to truly great individuals who
4have served our country and, in doing so, have made the
5ultimate sacrifice for our nation; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Sergeant Michael J. Vangelisti was born in Ottawa
7on June 26, 1947; he graduated from Marseilles High School in
81965; he attended Southern Illinois University and Bradley
9University before enlisting in the U.S. Air Force in August
101967; and
 
11    WHEREAS, SGT Vangelisti entered active duty on January 18,
121968, and he was assigned to Vietnam in September 1969; and
 
13    WHEREAS, SGT Vangelisti died on April 28, 1970 due to
14injuries sustained in an aircraft accident; therefore, be it
 
15    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
16HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE
17SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate the section of
18Route 6 in the City of Marseilles that runs from the
19intersections of Route 6 and Jefferson Street to Route 6 and
20Main Street as the "SGT Michael J. Vangelisti Memorial
21Highway"; and be it further
 

 

 

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1    RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation
2is requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with
3State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs
4giving notice of the name "SGT Michael J. Vangelisti Memorial
5Highway"; and be it further
 
6    RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
7presented to the family of SGT Vangelisti, the Mayor of
8Marseilles, and the Secretary of the Illinois Department of
9Transportation.