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| 3 | 3 | | 1 SENATE RESOLUTION |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2 WHEREAS, The Underground Railroad was a network of people |
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| 5 | 5 | | 3 offering shelter and aid to escaped enslaved people from the |
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| 6 | 6 | | 4 South; and |
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| 7 | 7 | | 5 WHEREAS, Most of the enslaved people helped by the |
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| 8 | 8 | | 6 Underground Railroad escaped border states such as Kentucky, |
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| 9 | 9 | | 7 Virginia, and Maryland; and |
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| 10 | 10 | | 8 WHEREAS, Hiding places included private homes, churches, |
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| 11 | 11 | | 9 and schoolhouses; and |
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| 12 | 12 | | 10 WHEREAS, A former station on the Underground Railroad, the |
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| 13 | 13 | | 11 Lovejoy Homestead, is located at the eastern edge of Princeton |
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| 14 | 14 | | 12 and was the home of the Denham and Lovejoy families for nearly |
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| 15 | 15 | | 13 100 years; and |
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| 16 | 16 | | 14 WHEREAS, Reverend Lovejoy was its most famous resident and |
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| 17 | 17 | | 15 occupied the house from 1838 until his death in 1864; he was |
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| 18 | 18 | | 16 prominent in the abolition movement and the Underground |
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| 19 | 19 | | 17 Railroad, a founder of the Illinois and national Republican |
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| 20 | 20 | | 18 Party, and a congressional leader; and |
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| 21 | 21 | | 19 WHEREAS, Reverend Lovejoy is perhaps best known for his |
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| 22 | 22 | | 20 role in the Underground Railroad; as an outspoken |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1 abolitionist, he openly proclaimed his willingness to assist |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2 fugitive slaves; his involvement made his house one of the |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3 most important stations on the Underground Railroad in |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4 Illinois; and |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5 WHEREAS, The Owen Lovejoy Home now belongs to the City of |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6 Princeton and was opened as a museum in 1972; the United States |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7 Secretary of the Interior declared the property a National |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8 Historic Landmark in 1997; therefore, be it |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we urge the Illinois |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11 Department of Transportation to place road signs in the |
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| 42 | 42 | | 12 vicinity of the Owen LoveJoy Homestead directing people to |
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| 43 | 43 | | 13 this National Historic Landmark; and be it further |
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| 44 | 44 | | 14 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| 45 | 45 | | 15 delivered to the Illinois Department of Transportation. |
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