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PRINTER'S NO. 1585
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
1084
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY BARTOLOTTA, MARCH 11, 2020
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 11, 2020
AN ACT
Designating a portion of State Route 50 in Mount Pleasant
Township, Washington County, as the Corporal Brady Clement
Paul Memorial Highway; designating the Morgan Road Bridge
over Interstate 79 in Cecil Township, Washington County, as
the Wreathes Across America Bridge; and designating the
Interstate 70 Exit 17 in City of Washington, Washington
County, as the Sergeant Russell Crupe, Jr., Memorial Exit.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Corporal Brady Clement Paul Memorial Highway.
(a) Legislative findings.--The General Assembly finds that:
(1) Corporal Brady Clement Paul was born November 7,
1904, in Hickory, Pennsylvania.
(2) On January 7, 1926, when Corporal Paul was 22 years
of age, he enlisted with the State Highway Patrol.
(3) On December 27, 1929, at 11:50 a.m., Corporal Paul
and Patrolman Ernest Moore set up a roadblock on Butler
Highway, three miles east of New Castle to stop a motor
vehicle.
(4) When Corporal Paul asked the driver to step out of
the vehicle, a passenger came around the side of the vehicle
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and opened fire on the officers.
(5) Corporal Paul's dying words were "Tell the boys I
did my duty, I did my best."
(6) Corporal Paul was pronounced dead on arrival at
Jameson Memorial Hospital in New Castle.
(7) Nineteen days later, the escapees were apprehended
after a shoot-out with a sheriff's posse in the state of
Arizona and were extradited to this Commonwealth where they
were tried, sentenced and executed for murder.
(b) Designation.--The section of State Route 50 in Mount
Pleasant Township, Washington County, identified as Segment 210-
220, is designated the Corporal Brady Clement Paul Memorial
Highway.
(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the highway to
traffic in both directions on the highway.
Section 2. Wreathes Across America Bridge.
(a) Legislative findings.--The General Assembly finds that:
(1) In 2008, more than 300 locations held wreath-laying
ceremonies on the graves of veterans in every state, Puerto
Rico and 24 overseas cemeteries.
(2) More than 100,000 wreaths were placed on veterans'
graves with more than 60,000 volunteers participating.
(3) On December 13, 2008, the Congress of the United
States unanimously designated the day as "Wreaths Across
America Day."
(4) In 2014, Wreaths Across America and its national
network of volunteers laid more than 700,000 memorial wreaths
at 1,000 locations in the United States and beyond, including
ceremonies at the Pearl Harbor Memorial, Bunker Hill, Valley
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Forge and the sites of the September 11 tragedies. This was
accomplished with help from 2,047 sponsorship groups,
corporate contributions and donations of trucking, shipping
and thousands of helping hands.
(5) The organization's goal of covering Arlington
National Cemetery was met in 2014 with the placement of
226,525 wreaths.
(6) The wreath-laying ceremony is held annually on the
second or third Saturday of December. Wreaths Across
America's annual pilgrimage from Harrington, Maine, to
Arlington National Cemetery has become known as the world's
largest veterans' parade, stopping at schools, monuments,
veterans' homes and communities along the way to remind
people how important it is to remember, honor and teach.
(b) Designation.--Morgan Road Bridge over Interstate 79 in
Cecil Township, Washington County, is designated the Wreaths
Across America 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 3. Sergeant Russell Crupe, Jr., Memorial Exit.
(a) Legislative findings.--The General Assembly finds that:
(1) Sergeant Russell Crupe, Jr., graduated from Avella
High School in 1998 and was a lieutenant and director of
field operations for the NSA Security Forces.
(2) Sergeant Crupe, Jr., served two years of active duty
in the Navy and for six years was a member of the Army
National Guard and Army Reserves.
(3) During his time in the Guard, Sergeant Crupe, Jr.,
served a tour of duty in Iraq as a combat engineer.
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(4) Sergeant Crupe, Jr., died July 23, 2012.
(5) Sergeant Crupe, Jr., was awarded the Army
Commendation Medal, Army Good Conduct Medal, National Defense
Service Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Iraq
Campaign Medal with star, Army Service Ribbon, Armed Forces
Reserve Medal with device, Combat Action Badge and Driver and
Mechanic Badge with clasp.
(b) Designation.--Exit 17 on Interstate 70 in City of
Washington, Washington County, is designated the Sergeant
Russell Crupe, Jr., Memorial Exit.
(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
maintain an appropriate sign displaying the name of the exit to
traffic exiting the highway in both directions.
Section 4. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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