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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
CELEBRATING GRACE GRAFFEO 100TH BIRTHDAY
WHEREAS, it has come to the attention of the Cook County Board of Commissioners that Grace Graffeo celebrated her 100th Birthday on July 13, 2013; and
WHEREAS Grace Graffeo has witnessed monumental events over the course of her lifetime such as: World War I, Russian Revolution, 1917, First Commercial Radio Station, 1920, Era of Depression, 1929-1939, Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939, World War II, 1939-1945, Korean War, 1950-1953, Russian Sputnik, 1957, President Kennedy Assassination, November 1963, First Moon Landing July 20, 1969, Vietnam War, 1965-1973, the advent of the internet, the Super Bowl Champion Chicago Bears in 1985, White Sox World Series Championship in 2005, the Chicago Blackhawks Stanley Cup Championships, and the dawn of a new Millennium, and
WHEREAS on September 22, 2013, Grace Graffeo celebrates her 100th Birthday with a special gathering of family, friends, neighbors, and fellow Centenarians at Smith Village, a continuing care retirement community on Chicago's Beverly neighborhood, now therefore
BE IT RESOLVED that the Cook County Board of Commissioners does hereby extend its warmest wishes and congratulations to Grace Graffeo on the occasion of her 100th Birthday, and join all who have had the pleasure of her friendship in wishing her still more years of good health and richly deserved happiness, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this text be spread upon the official proceedings of this Honorable Body, and an official copy of same be presented to Grace Graffeo to commemorate this joyous occasion.
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