South Carolina General Assembly
125th Session, 2023-2024

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H. 3396

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Concurrent Resolution
Sponsors: Rep. Wheeler
Document Path: LC-0035CM-CM23.docx

Introduced in the House on January 10, 2023
Introduced in the Senate on January 26, 2023
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Transportation

Summary: Lewis Boone Memorial Intersection

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

Date Body Action Description with journal page number
12/8/2022 House Prefiled
12/8/2022 House Referred to Committee on Invitations and Memorial Resolutions
1/10/2023 House Introduced (House Journal-page 34)
1/10/2023 House Referred to Committee on Invitations and Memorial Resolutions (House Journal-page 34)
1/25/2023 House Committee report: Favorable Invitations and Memorial Resolutions (House Journal-page 4)
1/26/2023 House Adopted, sent to Senate (House Journal-page 18)
1/26/2023 Senate Introduced (Senate Journal-page 5)
1/26/2023 Senate Referred to Committee on Transportation (Senate Journal-page 5)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/08/2022



A concurrent RESOLUTION

TO REQUEST THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION NAME THE INTERSECTION LOCATED AT THE JUNCTION OF SOUTH CAROLINA HIGHWAY 34 AND MCGEE TOWN ROAD IN LEE COUNTY "LEWIS W. BOONE MEMORIAL INTERSECTION" AND ERECT APPROPRIATE MARKERS OR SIGNS AT THIS LOCATION CONTAINING THESE WORDS.

Whereas, Mr. Lewis W. Boone was born in Lee County on March 9, 1897. A private first class and a member of Company M, 118th Infantry, 30th Division of the United States Army, he served his country with honor and distinction during World War I from June 26, 1915, to April 10, 1919; and

Whereas, on October 11, 1918, while on duty as a runner in Vaux Andigny, France, he carried an important message through an artillery and machine gun barrage to battalion headquarters. He was wounded as he started back through the barrage to rejoin his company at the front lines; and

Whereas, Private First Class Boone was bestowed the Distinguished Service Cross and the Purple Heart for his extraordinary bravery and devotion to duty. He also was engaged in campaigns at St. Martin and Seville; and

Whereas, Mr. Boone departed his earthly life on October 28, 1956, and is buried in Cedar Creek Cemetery in Bishopville; and

Whereas, it would be fitting and proper to commemorate the heroics of this brave son of the Palmetto State by naming an intersection in Lee County in his honor. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:

That the members of the South Carolina General Assembly, by this resolution, request the Department of Transportation name the intersection located at the junction of South Carolina Highway 34 and McGee Town Road in Lee County "Lewis W. Boone Memorial Intersection" and erect appropriate markers or signs at this location containing these words.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the Department of Transportation.

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