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IL HJR0029
Joint Resolution
Status
Engrossed
5/5/2021
Primary Sponsor
Thomas Bennett
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AI Summary
- Designates the portion of Illinois Route 251 traveling through Minonk as the "CPL Joseph C. Clegg Memorial Highway"
- Honors CPL Joseph C. Clegg, a soldier from Minonk who was killed in action on May 22, 1863 during the Vicksburg Campaign siege in the American Civil War
- Requests the Illinois Department of Transportation to erect plaques or signs at suitable locations marking the memorial highway name
- Recognizes that CPL Clegg is interred at Vicksburg National Cemetery, which holds over 17,000 Union and Confederate soldiers, and is memorialized in Minonk Township Cemetery
- Directs copies of the resolution be provided to the Secretary of Transportation, Mayor of Minonk, Woodford County Historical Society, and CPL Clegg's descendants
Legislative Description
CLEGG MEMORIAL HIGHWAY
Last Action
Referred to Assignments
5/6/2021
Committee Referrals
Assignments5/6/2021
Transportation, Regulation, Roads & Bridges4/20/2021
Rules4/13/2021
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