| 1 | 1 | | *HR1549* |
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| 2 | 2 | | Introduced Version |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE |
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| 4 | 4 | | RESOLUTION No. ___ |
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| 5 | 5 | | Introduced by: McNamara |
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| 6 | 6 | | ____________________________________ |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1 A HOUSE RESOLUTION recognizing the 50th |
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| 8 | 8 | | 2 anniversary of Frog Follies. |
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| 9 | 9 | | 3 Whereas, In January 1975, the E'ville Iron Street Rods, Ltd., |
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| 10 | 10 | | 4 pre-1949 street rod club was founded by a group of street rod |
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| 11 | 11 | | 5 enthusiasts; |
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| 12 | 12 | | 6 Whereas, Members of the group wanted to host a street rod |
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| 13 | 13 | | 7 show. To raise funds to promote that event, club members |
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| 14 | 14 | | 8 organized Saturday car washes at a local Marathon station; |
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| 15 | 15 | | 9 Whereas, The club's inaugural street rod show in August |
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| 16 | 16 | | 10 1975 was a one-day event at the Vanderburgh 4H Center |
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| 17 | 17 | | 11 named the Der E'ville Iron Street Rod Fest. Approximately 50 |
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| 18 | 18 | | 12 street rods attended the event with activities including games, |
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| 19 | 19 | | 13 a dance, and a cruise-in; |
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| 20 | 20 | | 20253085 |
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| 21 | 21 | | HR 1549/DI 140 2025 2 |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1 Whereas, As the event grew, club members discussed |
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| 23 | 23 | | 2 rebranding their street rod event in efforts to attract more street |
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| 24 | 24 | | 3 rodders and spectators. Club members named the event after |
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| 25 | 25 | | 4 the infamous bullfrog jumping contest held at the first Rod Fest. |
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| 26 | 26 | | 5 Hence, Frog Follies Rod Run, as it's known today, was created; |
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| 27 | 27 | | 6 Whereas, Decades later, Frog Follies has grown to an |
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| 28 | 28 | | 7 annual event hosting approximately 3,000 registered street |
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| 29 | 29 | | 8 rods, becoming the largest pre-1949 independent street rod |
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| 30 | 30 | | 9 event in the entire nation; |
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| 31 | 31 | | 10 Whereas, Since the Frog Follies inception in 1975, more |
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| 32 | 32 | | 11 than $2 million has been donated to local charities. The club |
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| 33 | 33 | | 12 was recently presented the Mayor's Award for supporting |
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| 34 | 34 | | 13 tri-state children and adults with disabilities; |
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| 35 | 35 | | 14 Whereas, In addition to charitable donations, E'ville Iron |
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| 36 | 36 | | 15 Street Rods, Ltd., has provided scholarships to tri-state high |
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| 37 | 37 | | 16 school graduates pursuing careers in the automotive industry |
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| 38 | 38 | | 17 to help continue street rod interest in future generations; and |
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| 39 | 39 | | 18 Whereas, The Frog Follies has become a national event that |
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| 40 | 40 | | 19 brings together street rodders from all over the country to |
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| 41 | 41 | | 20 Evansville, Indiana, to support the local community: Therefore, |
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| 42 | 42 | | 21 Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the |
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| 43 | 43 | | 22 General Assembly of the State of Indiana: |
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| 44 | 44 | | 23 SECTION 1. That the Indiana House of Representatives |
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| 45 | 45 | | 24 recognizes the 50th anniversary of Frog Follies, which will take |
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| 46 | 46 | | 25 place from August 22 to August 24, 2025. |
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| 47 | 47 | | 26 SECTION 2. That the Principal Clerk of the House of |
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| 48 | 48 | | 27 Representatives shall transmit copies of this resolution to State |
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| 49 | 49 | | 28 Representative Wendy McNamara for distribution. |
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| 50 | 50 | | 20253085 |
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| 51 | 51 | | HR 1549/DI 140 2025 |
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