1852 JOINT RESOLUTIONS

No. 16
(Senate Joint Resolution 23)

Joint Resolution naming the Annapolis-Washington Free-
way the "John Hanson Highway".

WHEREAS, The Annapolis-Washington Freeway is now
being constructed through the heart of Southern Maryland;
and

WHEREAS, It would be highly appropriate for such free-
way to be named as a memorial for one of Southern Mary-
land's most illustrious patriots; and

WHEREAS, John Hanson of Oxon Hill, Southern Mary-
land's great colonial patriot rendered immeasurable service
to the colony of Maryland in the troubled revolutionary
days and to his country both as President of the Continental
Congress and as a leader in recruiting and equipping the
first troops from the South for George Washington's army
and in other ways organizing contributions of money, arms
and munitions for the colonial armies; and

WHEREAS, No suitable memorial now exists within the
State of Maryland to a great patriot who served his country
as virtually its first president; now therefore be it

Resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
in reverence and in gratitude to him from the State he so
nobly served, the Annapolis-Washington Freeway be named
"John Hanson Highway"; and be it further

Resolved, That the Secretary of State send copies, under
the Great Seal of the State of Maryland, to the Governor
and to the Washington, Baltimore and Prince George's
Press.

No. 17
(House Joint Resolution 4)

Joint Resolution requesting the Governor to appoint a
Commission to investigate and study the possibilities of
developing the eastern half of the State House Circle

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