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2002 SESSION
023454680Patrons-- Cox, Amundson, Black, Byron, Cosgrove, Gear, Hall, Johnson, Jones, S.C., Lingamfelter, Louderback, McQuigg, Morgan, Purkey, Sears, Tata, Wardrup and Welch; Senators: Puller and Ticer
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 1 of Chapter 139 of the Acts of Assembly of 1996, as amended, is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 1. The portion of Virginia Route 3 from George Washington's Birthplace
National Monument in Westmoreland County, Virginia, to the its junction of Virginia
Route 3 with Interstate Route 95 at Fredericksburg, Virginia, and the entire length
of Interstate Highway 95 in Virginia, the portion of U.S. Route 1 from its
junction with Interstate Route 95 to its junction with Virginia Route 235,
Virginia Route 235 from its junction with U.S. Route 1 to George Washington's
home and tomb at Mount Vernon, and the portion of Interstate Route 64 from its
junction with Interstate Route 95 to the City of Norfolk, where General Douglas MacArthur
is entombed, Interstate Route 64 between its junction with Interstate 95 and
the Virginia/West Virginia boundary, and the entire length of Interstate Route
81 in Virginia, are hereby designated as the Purple Heart Trail, in honor of
General George Washington, native son of Virginia, and the combat-wounded
veterans awarded the Purple Heart Medal. The Department of Transportation shall place and
maintain appropriate markers indicating the designation of this route. This
designation shall not affect any other designation heretofore or hereafter
applied to these highways or any portions thereof.