CHAPTER 306
An Act to amend and reenact § 1 of Chapter 139 of the Acts of Assembly of 1996, relating to the Purple Heart Trail.
Approved April 8, 1998
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 1 of Chapter 139 of the Acts of Assembly of 1996 is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 1. The portion of Virginia Route 3 from George Washington's Birthplace
National Monument in Westmoreland County, Virginia, to the
its junction of Virginia Route 3 with Interstate Route 95 at
Fredericksburg, Virginia, and the entire length of Interstate
Highway 95 in Virginia, the portion of U.S. Route 1 from its junction with
Interstate Route 95 to its junction with Virginia Route 235, Virginia Route 235
from its junction with U.S. Route 1 to George Washington's home and tomb at
Mount Vernon, and the portion of Interstate Route 64 from its junction with
Interstate Route 95 to the City of Norfolk, where General Douglas MacArthur is
entombed, are hereby designated as the Purple Heart Trail, in honor of
General George Washington and the combat-wounded veterans awarded the Purple
Heart Medal. The Department of Transportation shall place and maintain
appropriate markers indicating the designation of this route. This
designation shall not affect any other designation heretofore or hereafter
applied to these highways or any portions thereof.