IL HJR0052

Declares March 29, 2019 as "Glencoe Sesquicentennial Day" in Illinois, commemorating the 150th anniversary of the village's incorporation

Glencoe was granted a special charter by the Illinois General Assembly on March 29, 1869, after being first settled by Anson Taylor and German and English immigrant families around 1839

The village contains the third largest collection of Frank Lloyd Wright designed structures in the world, along with works by other noted architects including Howard van Doren Shaw and landscape architects Jens Jensen and Frederick Law Olmsted Jr.

Directs that a copy of the resolution be presented to Village of Glencoe President Lawrence Levin