HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 67
(By Delegates Manypenny, Mr. Speaker, Mr. Thompson, Anderson,
Armstead, Ashley, Azinger, Barker, Beach, Blair, Boggs, Border,
Brown, Butcher, Campbell, Cann, Canterbury, Caputo, Craig, Doyle,
Eldridge, Ellem, Ennis, Evans, Ferro, Fleischauer, Frazier,
Givens, Guthrie, Hall, Hamilton, Hartman, Hatfield, Hunt,
Iaquinta, Ireland, Klempa, Kominar, Lane, Lawrence, Longstreth,
Louisos, Mahan, Manchin, Marshall, Martin, McGeehan, Michael, C.
Miller, Moore, Morgan, Moye, Overington, Perry, Pethtel,
Phillips, D. Poling, M. Poling, Poore, Porter, Reynolds,
Rodighiero, Romine, Ross, Rowan, Schadler, Schoen, Shaver, Shook,
Shott, Skaff, Smith, Sobonya, Stephens, Stowers, Sumner, Susman,
Talbott, Varner, D. Walker, T. Walker, Walters, Wells, White and
Williams)
Requesting the Division of Highways to name that portion of highway
beginning on U.S. Route 50 at the Fetterman Bridge in Grafton,
Taylor County, and continuing to the Harrison County/Doddridge
County line a "Purple Heart Trail."
Whereas, Thornberry Bailey Brown was a Private in "Grafton
Guards", a militia unit raised in Taylor County during the Civil
War; and
Whereas, Private Brown was returning to Grafton, Taylor County,
after recruitment duty with a comrade when they encountered members
of the Confederate Army performing picket duty near the bridge in
the town of Fetterman; and
Whereas, Private Brown was ordered to halt by the Confederates,
and he responded by shooting at the soldiers; and
Whereas, One of the Confederate soldiers returned fire, killing
Private Brown, making him the first Union casualty of the Civil
War; and
Whereas, Private Brown was later interred in the Grafton
National Cemetery; and
Whereas, The Grafton National Cemetery and the West Virginia
National Cemetery are both located in Grafton, Taylor County;
therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Legislature hereby requests the Division of Highways
to name that portion of highway beginning on U.S. Route 50 at the
Fetterman Bridge in Grafton, Taylor County, and continuing to the
Harrison County/Doddridge County line a "Purple Heart Trail"; and,
be it
Further Resolved, That the Division of Highways is hereby
requested to have made and be placed signs identifying this section
of U.S. Route 50 as a "Purple Heart Trail"; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates forward a certified copy of this Resolution to the Commissioner of
Highways and Roger D. Roy, Military Order of the Purple Heart
Chapter 724 Service Officer.
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