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Public Act 096-1238 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The State Commemorative Dates Act is amended by | ||||
adding Section 155 as follows: | ||||
(5 ILCS 490/155 new) | ||||
Sec. 155. Emancipation Proclamation Week. The first full | ||||
week of January of each year is designated as Emancipation | ||||
Proclamation Week, to be observed throughout the State as a | ||||
week for holding appropriate educational and celebratory | ||||
events and observances in the public schools and elsewhere to | ||||
honor and remember the work of Abraham Lincoln and others in | ||||
emancipating Americans from slavery and in leading to the end | ||||
of slavery in America.
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