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| 3 | 3 | | 1 HOUSE RESOLUTION |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2 WHEREAS, St. John's Conclave is the State of Illinois' |
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| 5 | 5 | | 3 premier body of the Order of the Red Cross of Constantine; the |
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| 6 | 6 | | 4 organization was initially chartered by the Grand Imperial |
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| 7 | 7 | | 5 Conclave of the Red Cross of England on February 3, 1872; and |
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| 8 | 8 | | 6 WHEREAS, St. John's Conclave was declared to be the |
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| 9 | 9 | | 7 Conclave No. 1 of the Grand Imperial Council of Knights of the |
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| 10 | 10 | | 8 Red Cross of Constantine and Knights of the Holy Sepulchre of |
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| 11 | 11 | | 9 the State of Illinois on August 30, 1872, heading the Empire of |
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| 12 | 12 | | 10 the West; and |
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| 13 | 13 | | 11 WHEREAS, The membership of St. John's Conclave has |
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| 14 | 14 | | 12 included many distinguished citizens who have contributed |
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| 15 | 15 | | 13 significantly to Chicago and the State of Illinois, including |
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| 16 | 16 | | 14 Chicago City Comptroller Theodore T. Gurney (18201886), |
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| 17 | 17 | | 15 Chicago Mayor DeWitt Clinton Cregier (1829-1898), Lieutenant |
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| 18 | 18 | | 16 Governor of Illinois and Brigadier General John Corson Smith |
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| 19 | 19 | | 17 (18321910), Chief Executive Officer W. Clement Stone |
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| 20 | 20 | | 18 (19022002), Governor of Illinois Richard B. Ogilvie |
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| 21 | 21 | | 19 (19231988), and many other leaders in medicine, law, and |
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| 22 | 22 | | 20 business; and |
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| 23 | 23 | | 21 WHEREAS, St. John's Conclave continues in its 151st year |
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| 24 | 24 | | 22 of providing fraternal support to the community and following |
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| 33 | 33 | | 1 out the chivalric traditions of Constantinian Freemasonry; |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2 therefore, be it |
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| 35 | 35 | | 3 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE |
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| 36 | 36 | | 4 HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
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| 37 | 37 | | 5 we declare March 1, 2023 as St. John's Conclave Day in the |
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| 38 | 38 | | 6 State of Illinois; and be it further |
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| 39 | 39 | | 7 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| 40 | 40 | | 8 presented to the Recorder Martin P. Starr of St. John's |
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| 41 | 41 | | 9 Conclave. |
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