PRINTER'S NO. 1324
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
1037
Session of
2024
INTRODUCED BY BARTOLOTTA, JANUARY 11, 2024
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, JANUARY 11, 2024
AN ACT
Designating the interchange of I-79 and Pennsylvania Turnpike
576, Section 55c2-1 in Cecil Township, Washington County, as
the Lance Corporal Robert Alan "Bucky" McPherson Memorial
Interchange in all directions.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Lance Corporal Robert Alan "Bucky" McPherson
Memorial Interchange.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Robert Alan "Bucky" McPherson was born October 7,
1948, in Cecil Township, Washington County, attended and
graduated from Canon-McMillan schools and entered West
Virginia University in 1966.
(2) After seeing images of the Vietnam conflict on the
evening news, Lance Corporal McPherson felt it was his duty
to postpone his university education and voluntarily joined
the Marines, being quoted as saying "I felt it was the right
thing to do for my country."
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(3) Lance Corporal McPherson began his tour of duty on
December 9, 1967, with the rank of Lance Corporal as an
assault man, 3rd Marine Division, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines.
(4) While leading his men on an assault against the
enemy, Lance Corporal McPherson was mortally wounded and
tragically died at the age of 19 on April 30, 1968.
(5) Lance Corporal McPherson's family farm is now the I-
79 Pennsylvania Turnpike 576 interchange.
(6) Lance Corporal McPherson is buried on the ridge at
the Cemetery of the Alleghenies overlooking his family's old
farm where he grew up learning to farm and a dedication to
his country.
(b) Designation.--The interchange of I-79 and Pennsylvania
Turnpike 576, Section 55c2-1 in Cecil Township, Washington
County, is designated as the Lance Corporal Robert Alan "Bucky"
McPherson Memorial Interchange in all directions.
(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the
interchange in all directions.
Section 2. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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