HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 32
(By Delegates Warner and Fragale)
Requesting the Division of Highways to designate U. S. Route 50
between Clarksburg and Parkersburg the "Stonewall Jackson
Memorial Highway."
Whereas, Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson was born in the year
one thousand eight hundred twenty-four at the present site of
Clarksburg, West Virginia; and
Whereas, The mother of Stonewall Jackson, Julia Beckwith
Neale, was a native of the Parkersburg, West Virginia, area; and
Whereas, Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson is honored throughout
our nation and much of the world for his skill as a military
leader and strategist; and
Whereas, It is appropriate that the citizens of West Virginia
show their pride in their native son by designating a highway to
bear his name; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Division of Highways be requested to designate U.
S. Route 50 between Clarksburg and Parkersburg as the "Stonewall
Jackson Memorial Highway"; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates
be directed to forward a copy of this resolution to the
Commissioner of the Division of Highways.