Bill Text: IL HJR0061 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Designates the portion of Illinois Route 6 starting at the eastern village limits of Hollowayville to Ladd Junction, Illinois Route 6 and Illinois route 89, going through Seatonville as the "Galetti Brothers Memorial Highway."
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-31 - Adopted Both Houses [HJR0061 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HJR0061-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, It is highly fitting that the Illinois General | ||||||
| 3 | Assembly pays honor and respect to veterans who have served | ||||||
| 4 | their country and the State of Illinois; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Eight brothers from the Galetti family are | ||||||
| 6 | veterans from the State of Illinois; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, The late Michael Galetti and the late Joseph | ||||||
| 8 | Galetti served in the United States Air Force from 1942 until | ||||||
| 9 | 1946; the late John Galetti served in the United States Army | ||||||
| 10 | from 1941 until 1944; Lawrence Galetti, who resides in | ||||||
| 11 | Seatonville, served in the United States Navy from 1944 until | ||||||
| 12 | 1946; George Galetti, who also lives in Seatonville, served in | ||||||
| 13 | the United States Air Force from 1948 until 1952; James | ||||||
| 14 | Galetti, who lives in the Veterans' Home in | ||||||
| 15 | LaSalle-Seatonville, served in the United States Army from 1958 | ||||||
| 16 | until 1960; Jess Galetti, who lives in Ladd, served in the | ||||||
| 17 | United States Marines from 1953 until 1955; Dennis Galetti, who | ||||||
| 18 | lives in Seatonville, served in the United States Army in | ||||||
| 19 | Vietnam from 1967 until 1969; therefore, be it
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| 20 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 21 | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | ||||||
| 22 | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate the portion of | ||||||
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| 1 | Illinois Route 6 starting at the eastern village limits of | ||||||
| 2 | Hollowayville to Ladd Junction, Illinois Route 6 and Illinois | ||||||
| 3 | Route 89, going through Seatonville as the "Galetti Brothers | ||||||
| 4 | Memorial Highway"; and be it further
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| 5 | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation | ||||||
| 6 | is requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with | ||||||
| 7 | State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs | ||||||
| 8 | giving notice of the name of the "Galetti Brothers Memorial | ||||||
| 9 | Highway"; and be it further
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| 10 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 11 | presented to the families of the Galetti brothers and the | ||||||
| 12 | Secretary of the Illinois Department of Transportation.
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