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HR0175LRB104 12661 MST 23417 r

1HOUSE RESOLUTION

2 WHEREAS, The National Association of the Deaf recognizes 

3April as Deaf History Month to increase awareness of and 

4express appreciation for the many contributions that deaf and 

5hard-of-hearing individuals have made to our society; and

6 WHEREAS, According to U.S. Census Bureau estimates, over 

7400,000 individuals in Illinois are deaf or hard of hearing; 

8and

9 WHEREAS, Deaf culture is an important part of the fabric 

10of our society; and

11 WHEREAS, Deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals have made 

12and continue to make numerous contributions to their local 

13communities, the state, and the United States; and

14 WHEREAS, The American School for the Deaf opened in 

15Hartford, Connecticut on April 15, 1817 as the first public 

16school for the deaf in the United States; and

17 WHEREAS, Inspired by meeting an educated deaf man, State 

18Senator Orville H. Browning introduced and championed the 

19passage of a bill in 1839 to create what would become the 

20Illinois School for the Deaf, which opened its doors to 

HR0175- 2 -LRB104 12661 MST 23417 r

1students in January of 1846 in Jacksonville, where it proudly 

2remains located to this day; and

3 WHEREAS, In April of 1864, President Abraham Lincoln, who 

4as a state legislator in Illinois supported the creation of 

5the Illinois School for the Deaf, signed a charter 

6establishing Gallaudet University, the first college in the 

7world for deaf students, named in honor of Thomas Hopkins 

8Gallaudet, who acted as an informal advisor to the first board 

9members of the Illinois School for the Deaf; therefore, be it

10 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE 

11HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL ASS