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2014 SPECIAL SESSION I

14200475D
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 5193
Offered September 12, 2014
Commending Dwight Lee Hubbard.
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Patron-- Hugo
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WHEREAS, Dwight Lee Hubbard has worked diligently for much of his life to preserve the history and heritage of the Town of Clifton and the Fairfax Station area; and

WHEREAS, a native of Fairfax County, Lee Hubbard traces his familial roots in the area to 1678 and has established connections to many prominent local families, including the Fords, the Sangsters, and the Simpsons; and

WHEREAS, Lee Hubbard enjoyed a distinguished professional career in law enforcement and the military, serving the community and the country as a member of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the United States Army Intelligence Center at Fort Holabird, and the Fairfax County Police Department; and

WHEREAS, after his well-earned retirement in 1979, Lee Hubbard generously continued to serve the community as a respected resource for historical and genealogical research in Fairfax County; and

WHEREAS, Lee Hubbard has served as the president of the Fairfax County Historical Society and the vice chair of the Sully Foundation and sits on the board of Historic Fairfax City, Inc.; and

WHEREAS, after the monument commemorating the Civil War battle between the 155th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment and the Laurel Brigade at Sangster’s Station was vandalized in the 1960s, Lee Hubbard worked to recover and safeguard the monument plaques, preserving a valuable artifact of the county’s history; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the General Assembly hereby commend Dwight Lee Hubbard, a dedicated local historian in the Fairfax Station area; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to Dwight Lee Hubbard as an expression of the General Assembly’s admiration for his hard work and contributions to the Fairfax County community.