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Catoctin Clarion
Thurmont, Frederick County, Maryland
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The U.S. House of Representatives adopted an amendment sponsored by Rep. John Philip Hill of Maryland to name the new $5,000,000 bridge across the Potomac at Georgetown the Francis Scott Key Bridge, honoring the author of 'The Star Spangled Banner.' The Washington end abuts Key's former home, and no memorial exists for him in the capital. The name will be inscribed on the bridge, with costs covered in the District appropriation bill.
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The House of Representatives Saturday adopted an amendment to the District appropriation bill, sponsored by Representative John Philip Hill, of Maryland, designating the new $5,000,000 bridge across the Potomac at Georgetown as the Francis Scott Key Bridge, in honor of the author of "The Star Spangled Banner."
Colonel Hill told the House that the Washington end of the new bridge, which is soon to be officially opened to traffic, abuts on the site of the home of Key at the time he wrote the national anthem, and that there is at present no monument or other memorial to Key in the nation's capital.
The amendment as adopted Saturday provides that the name shall be appropriately inscribed on either end of the structure, the cost of which is to be included in an item of $2,000 in the District bill for miscellaneous supplies incident to its maintenance.
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Washington, D.C.
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Saturday
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amendment adopted; name to be inscribed on bridge ends, cost included in $2,000 district bill item.
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House of Representatives adopted amendment to District appropriation bill designating new $5,000,000 Potomac bridge at Georgetown as Francis Scott Key Bridge in honor of 'The Star Spangled Banner' author. Washington end abuts site of Key's home where anthem written; no current memorial in capital. Bridge soon to open to traffic.