File #: 13-1892    Version: 1 Name: Veterans Day Resolution Veterans Day Resolution
Type: Consent Calendar Resolution Status: Approved
File created: 10/7/2013 In control: Administration, Bureau of
On agenda: 10/23/2013 Final action: 10/23/2013
Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION IN RECOGNITION OF VETERANS DAY 2013 WHEREAS, Veterans Day, formerly known as Armistice Day, was originally set as a U.S. legal holiday to honor the end of World War I, which officially took place on November 11, 1918. In legislation that was passed in 1938, November 11 was "dedicated to the cause of world peace and to be hereafter celebrated and known as Armistice Day". In 1954 after having gone through WWII and the Korean War at the urging of Veterans Organizations the 1938 Act was amended by striking out the word "Armistice" and inserting the word "Veterans"; and WHEREAS, from the Revolutionary War to the present day, the contributions made to the United States of America by her citizen soldiers, sailors and airmen who stand in our place to defend the freedoms we enjoy cannot be calculated; and WHEREAS, the County of Cook having the largest veteran population in this state with 260,000 veterans; and WHEREAS, the County of Cook has always honore...
Sponsors: TONI PRECKWINKLE (President), JERRY BUTLER, EARLEAN COLLINS, JOHN P. DALEY, JOHN A. FRITCHEY, BRIDGET GAINER, JESÚS G. GARCÍA, ELIZABETH "LIZ" DOODY GORMAN, GREGG GOSLIN, STANLEY MOORE, JOAN PATRICIA MURPHY, TIMOTHY O. SCHNEIDER, PETER N. SILVESTRI, DEBORAH SIMS, EDWIN REYES, LARRY SUFFREDIN, ROBERT STEELE, JEFFREY R. TOBOLSKI
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PROPOSED RESOLUTION

IN RECOGNITION OF VETERANS DAY 2013

WHEREAS, Veterans Day, formerly known as Armistice Day, was originally set as a U.S. legal holiday to honor the end of World War I, which officially took place on November 11, 1918. In legislation that was passed in 1938, November 11 was "dedicated to the cause of world peace and to be hereafter celebrated and known as Armistice Day". In 1954 after having gone through WWII and the Korean War at the urging of Veterans Organizations the 1938 Act was amended by striking out the word "Armistice" and inserting the word "Veterans"; and

WHEREAS, from the Revolutionary War to the present day, the contributions made to the United States of America by her citizen soldiers, sailors and airmen who stand in our place to defend the freedoms we enjoy cannot be calculated; and

WHEREAS, the County of Cook having the largest veteran population in this state with 260,000 veterans; and

WHEREAS, the County of Cook has always honored the immeasurable wartime and peacetime contributions and the sacrifice of the men and women of the United States Armed Forces, and

WHEREAS, Americans still give thanks to veterans for their service on Veterans Day with ceremonies and speeches, and at 11 a.m. many Americans observe a moment of silence in remembrance of those who fought and for those who gave their lives to preserve the freedom we now enjoy; and

WHEREAS, the willingness of our citizens who have answered the call to duty to give freely and unselfishly of themselves in defense of our democratic principles, gives this great Nation continued strength and vitality; and

WHEREAS, even today, members of the military are stationed in many places throughout the world, while their families remain in our communities; and

WHEREAS, families praying for the safe return of loved ones experience everyday life in a very different way than others, as their thoughts and feelings never stray far from those they honor, ...

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