PRINTER'S NO. 2552
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1709
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY CALTAGIRONE, ROZZI, MILLARD, TOEPEL, COHEN,
THOMAS, KOTIK, HENNESSEY, DUSH, SONNEY, McNEILL, YOUNGBLOOD,
DiGIROLAMO, VEREB, BARBIN, KIM, D. COSTA, V. BROWN, HAHN,
NEILSON, WATSON, HARHART, A. HARRIS, WHEELAND, COX, SCHWEYER,
SAMUELSON, GROVE, WARD, MARSICO, MAHONEY, READSHAW, FARINA,
MAJOR, BENNINGHOFF AND JOZWIAK, NOVEMBER 18, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, NOVEMBER 18, 2015
AN ACT
Designating the bridge carrying U.S. Route 222 Business over the
Schuylkill River, Riverfront Drive and Norfolk Southern
Railroad in the City of Reading, Berks County, commonly
referred to as the Bingaman Street Bridge, as the 65th U.S.
Infantry Regiment, Borinqueneers Memorial Bridge.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. 65th U.S. Infantry Regiment, Borinqueneers
Memorial Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds as follows:
(1) "The Borinqueneers" were the only all-Hispanic unit
in the history of the United States Army.
(2) "The Borinqueneers" is a nickname for the 65th
Infantry Regiment of the 3rd Division in the United States
Army, an all-volunteer Puerto Rican unit. The name was
derived from the name borinquen meaning "land of the brave
lord."
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