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PRESENTED Februarv 23, 2010
RESOLUTION NO. 2010-018 ADOPTED February 23, 2010
A RESOLUTION: IN SUPPORT OF THE JOURNEY THROUGH HALLOWED GROUND
PARTNERSHIP'S LIVING LEGACY PROGRAM COMMEMORATING THE
SESQUICENTENNIAL OF THE CIVIL WAR
WHEREAS, the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Partnership is anon-profit organization
dedicated to raising national awareness of the unparalleled history within the Journey Through
Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area, a region which generally follows the Old Carolina Road
(Route 15/231) from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, through Maryland, to Monticello in Albemarle County,
Virginia; and
WHEREAS, the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Partnership has built a strong network of
local, regional and national partners to develop a common vision for the conservation and enhancement
of the scenic, historic, recreational, cultural and natural characteristics of the region; and
WHEREAS, the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Partnership has developed an education
outreach program to all students and teachers with the region and nationwide; and
WHEREAS, the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Partnership has created a heritage tourism
program that will provide economic development opportunities through regional branding and
cooperative marketing in communities throughout the region; and
WHEREAS, in January 2010, the U.S. Secretary of Transportation, Ray LaHood, designated
the 180-mile length of the Old Carolina Road (Route 15/231) from Gettysburg to Monticello as a
National Scenic Byway, one of the highest designations the Secretary can bestow upon a public road
and one that could have profound economic impact on the local jurisdictions in the region; and
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A RESOLUTION: IN SUPPORT OF THE JOURNEY THROUGH HALLOWED GROUND
PARTNERSHIP'S LIVING LEGACY PROGRAM COMMEMORATING THE
SESQUICENTENNIAL OF THE CIVIL WAR
WHEREAS, the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Partnership seeks to commemorate the
Sesquicentennial of the Civil War with a legacy project of national significance; and
WHEREAS, during the Civil War, 620,000 American soldiers died, many on battlefields in the
Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area; and
WHEREAS, the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Partnership's "Living Legacy" project will
plant one tree for each of those soldiers, in commemoration of the individual and combined sacrifices
of the fallen, at a set pace along the 180-mile length of the Journey Through Hallowed Ground
National Scenic Byway; and
WHEREAS, the trees of this "Living Legacy" project will appear as soldiers in formation, from
Monticello to Gettysburg, and will provide a constant reminder to every citizen who drives this route of
the sacrifices made by fellow Americans; and
WHEREAS, this project will stand as a living legacy for our countrymen who gave "the last full
measure" to define our Union and will further lend itself to a national service learning program as
students from around the country may research the fallen from their communities, learn their stories,
and dedicate trees in their honor; and
WHEREAS, the endorsements and support of the local partner jurisdictions will be used to seek
grant funding for the Living Legacy program, with no fiscal impact upon the local jurisdictions; and
WHEREAS, the Living Legacy program will be implemented through negotiation and
cooperation with private property owners in order to ensure the full protection of private rights.
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A RESOLUTION: IN SUPPORT OF THE JOURNEY THROUGH HALLOWED GROUND
PARTNERSHIP' S LIVING LEGACY PROGRAM COMMEMORATING THE
SESQUICENTENNIAL OF THE CIVIL WAR
THEREFORE, RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia that the
Council hereby supports the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Partnership's Living Legacy Program
commemorating the Sesquicentennial of the Civil War.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia requests
that any trees planted within the Leesburg corporate limits be done with the assistance and advice of
Leesburg's Urban Forester and Tree Commission.
PASSED this 23`d day of February, 2010.
~`` C. mstattd, ayor
Town of Leesburg
ATTEST:
Clerk of Coun
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