,,iii  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #ecd  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #ca1
 #bjad,mr4 ,kirk 7for himself and ,mr4  
,durbin7 submitted the following        
resolution2 which was considered and    
agreed to  ,,resolution  ,designating   
,september #f1 #bjad1 as ,everett       
,mc,kinley ,dirksen and ,marigold ,day4 
,whereas the great ,senator ,everett    
,mc,kinley ,dirksen of ,pekin1          
,illinois1 has passed from the halls of 
the ,united ,states ,capitol2 ,whereas  
the current ,senators wish to honor     
,senator ,dirksen2 ,whereas1 upon the   
passing of ,senator ,dirksen1 his       
contemporaries and peers stated that--  
7#a7 ,senator ,dirksen-- 7,a7 provided  
sage advice and counsel and wholehearted
 wisdom2  7,b7 provided support that    
made the civil rights legislation of the
 #aifjs a fact rather than a dream      
during that decade2 and  7,c7 was known 
as an ,american who cultivated a high   
sense of honor2 and  7#b7 when ,senator 

,dirksen spoke1 the country listened1   
and his eloquence was a source of       
national strength2 ,whereas1 as the     
obituary for ,senator ,dirksen in the   
,new ,york ,times noted1 ,senator       
,dirksen was ever constant to the       
marigold1 which he sought to make the   
national flower and which he grew       
profusely in his garden2 ,whereas1 as   
,senator ,dirksen said on the ,senate   
floor on ,april #ag1 #aifg1 the marigold
 is a native of ,north ,america and can 
in truth and in fact be called an       
,american flower2 ,whereas1 as ,senator 
,dirksen said in that speech1 the       
marigold is national in character1 for  
it grows and thrives in every one of the
 fifty states of this nation2 ,whereas1 
as ,senator ,dirksen said in that       
speech1 the marigold's robustness       
reflects the hardihood and character of 
the generations who pioneered and built 
this land into a great nation2 ,whereas1
 beginning in #aigc1 ,pekin has held the
 ,pekin ,marigold ,festival each year to

 honor ,pekin's favorite son1 ,senator  
,everett ,mc,kinley ,dirksen2 and       
,whereas the #djth ,pekin ,marigold     
,festival will be held during the first 
week of ,september #bjad1 which includes
 ,saturday1 ,september #f3 ,now1        
therefore1 be it ,that the ,senate      
designates ,september #f1 #bjad1 as     
,everett ,mc,kinley ,dirksen and        
,marigold ,day4