Office of the City Clerk - Record #: R2019-65

• Record #: R2019-65
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• Intro date: 1/23/2019
• Final action: 1/23/2019
• Title: Congratulations extended to Lithuania on 100th anniversary of independence
• Sponsors: Emanuel, Rahm

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
1/23/2019		City Council	Introduced (Agreed Calendar)
1/23/2019	95264	City Council	Adopted	Pass

RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, on February 16, 2018, the people of Lithuania celebrated the Centennial of Independence, and restoration of statehood of Lithuania; and

WHEREAS, On February 16,1918, the Lithuanian Council, as the sole representation of the Lithuanian nation, signed the Act of Independence, declaring the Lithuanian State, by renouncing all previous state ties, was restored; and

WHEREAS, The Act of Independence was signed by twenty signatories at 26 Pilies Street in Vilnius; and

WHEREAS, The Act declared the restoration of an independent and democratic state arranged on the democratic foundations with the capital city of Vilnius, and separating the state from all public ties it had ever had with other nations; and

WHEREAS, The City of Chicago is proud to have shared a Sister City relationship with Vilnius since 1993, a mutually beneficial friendship and partnership based on a shared embrace of values; and now, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED, That we, the Mayor and the members of the Chicago City Council, assembled this twenty-third day of January, 2019, hereby officially commemorate Lithuania's 100^th Anniversary of Independence; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the Consulate General of Lithuania in Chicago.