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The purpose of this
organization, known as the 114th Regiment Illinois Volunteer
Infantry
(Reactivated), is to foster patriotism, the Lincoln tradition and
the historic past of
the United States and the State of Illinois.
Its function shall
be patriotic, ceremonial, civic, athletic and charitable. It
shall be a living
memorial commemorating the ideals of this nation and state in
relation to its past
and especially to the period of the American Civil War, 1861-1865.
It shall be a
memorial to Abraham Lincoln and the Army of Lincoln's time and to
the people of Springfield and Sangamon County, Illinois.
Permission was
granted, and the proclamation was made, by the
Governor of the State of Illinois to reactivate the Regiment in
1969.
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