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GA HR1717

Resolution

Official Source

Status

Introduced

3/18/2010

Primary Sponsor

Mack Jackson

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Origin

House of Representatives

2009-2010 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Dedicates the portion of State Route 242 in Washington County, Georgia, from its intersection with SR 15 to the Jefferson County line as the "Willie Lee Duckworth Highway"
  • Honors Willie Lee Duckworth, a Georgia native and World War II buck private who in 1944 authored "Sound Off" (originally the "Duckworth Chant"), one of the most popular marching cadences in U.S. Army history
  • Duckworth, raised by sharecropper grandparents in Washington County, improvised the drill cadence on orders from a noncommissioned officer for the nine African American soldiers in his unit, and it spread across all ranks
  • The cadence inspired a song performed by big band leader Vaughn Monroe and a movie starring Mickey Rooney
  • Directs the Georgia Department of Transportation to erect and maintain appropriate signs dedicating the highway and instructs the Clerk of the House to transmit copies of the resolution to Duckworth's family and the Department of Transportation

Legislative Description

Willie Lee Duckworth Highway; Washington County; dedicate

Last Action

House Second Readers

3/22/2010

Committee Referrals

Transportation3/18/2010

Full Bill Text

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