Full Text of HR0870 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate the City of | 4 | | Belleville as it celebrates the 200th anniversary of its | 5 | | founding in 2014; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Belleville was the center of the first important | 7 | | German settlement in the State of Illinois; the influence of | 8 | | Koerner, Hilgard, Bunsen, Abend, and Engleman was felt in law, | 9 | | journalism, education, science, and industry; Bornman, Braun, | 10 | | Gundlach, Eimer, Knoebel, and Brosius left similar impressions | 11 | | on the mechanical industry; by 1870, Belleville was the | 12 | | second-largest producer of manufactured goods in the State, | 13 | | tied with Peoria and second only to Chicago; it was the leading | 14 | | cigar revenue district of Southern Illinois, and the company | 15 | | which manufactures "Jelly Belly" candy was founded by 2 German | 16 | | candy makers in 1968; Belleville is credited with having the | 17 | | first electric trolley in the State; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Following the Civil War, Belleville's industry | 19 | | gravitated towards stove casting and it earned the moniker | 20 | | "Stove Capital of the World", and Belleville continues to this | 21 | | day to produce high-quality stoves and heating products; it was | 22 | | with the advent of steam-powered railroads that Belleville, a | 23 | | landlocked community, was pushed into the Industrial Era; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, During the first 50 years of the Illinois | 2 | | territory and its subsequent statehood, Ninian Edwards, John | 3 | | Reynolds and William Bissell - all Belleville men - held the | 4 | | office of the Governor; William Kinney and Gustave Koerner held | 5 | | the office of the Lt. Governor and James Shields was a hero in | 6 | | the Mexican War; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, The American Miners Association was founded in | 8 | | Belleville in 1861, the first attempt to form a national miners | 9 | | union; its coal provided energy and wealth to fuel a post-civil | 10 | | war industrial boom, providing jobs for union workers in the | 11 | | production of stoves, shoes, and cigars; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, The celebration will culminate in an event | 13 | | extravaganza the weekend of September 19-21, 2014, covering 9 | 14 | | blocks in downtown Belleville and including 3 days of music, | 15 | | food, drinks, craft vendors, and historical demonstrations, | 16 | | along with a Civil War reenactment and a vintage baseball | 17 | | tournament; therefore, be it
| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 19 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 20 | | we congratulate the City of Belleville as it celebrates the | 21 | | 200th anniversary of its founding; and be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to the City of Belleville as an expression of our | 3 | | esteem and respect.
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