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PRINTER'S NO. 3516
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2420
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY PETRARCA, YOUNGBLOOD, READSHAW, HENNESSEY, TOOHIL,
LONGIETTI, DiGIROLAMO, RYAN, DUSH, SONNEY, MILLARD, COX,
MURT, RAPP, DAVIS, WARD, BARRAR, NEILSON, CALTAGIRONE,
BARBIN, SAYLOR, MARSICO, CONKLIN, JOZWIAK, BRADFORD AND
D. COSTA, MAY 9, 2018
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MAY 9, 2018
AN ACT
Designating a bridge on that portion of Pennsylvania Route 286,
known as Washington Street, over the Kiskiminetas River,
between Saltsburg Borough, Indiana County, and Loyalhanna
Township, Westmoreland County, as the First Sergeant
Alexander Kelly Memorial Bridge.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. First Sergeant Alexander Kelly Memorial Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Alexander Kelly was born April 7, 1840, in
Saltsburg, Pennsylvania.
(2) During the Civil War, he enlisted as a substitute in
the Union Army and served as a First Sergeant with Company F
of the 6th United States Colored Troops.
(3) First Sergeant Kelly was awarded the Medal of Honor
for his actions on September 29, 1864, during the Battle of
Chapin's Farm in Virginia, where he gallantly seized the
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colors, which had fallen near the enemy's lines of abatis,
raised them and rallied the men at a time of confusion and in
a place of the greatest danger.
(4) First Sergeant Kelly's actions during the Battle of
Chapin's Farm are depicted in the painting titled Three
Medals of Honor by American artist Don Troiani.
(5) First Sergeant Kelly was mustered out of the
military September 20, 1865, and moved to Pittsburgh.
(6) First Sergeant Kelly died June 19, 1907, at the age
of 67 and was interred at Saint Peters Cemetery in
Pittsburgh.
(b) Designation.--The bridge located on that portion of
Pennsylvania Route 286, known as Washington Street, over the
Kiskiminetas River, between Saltsburg Borough, Indiana County,
and Loyalhanna Township, Westmoreland County, is designated the
First Sergeant Alexander Kelly Memorial Bridge.
(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the bridge to
traffic in both directions on the bridge.
Section 2. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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