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H.R. 6904

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To designate certain Federal land in the District of Columbia under the administrative jurisdiction of the National Park Service as the "Illinois' Bicentennial Grove", and for other purposes.
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Committee
Latest Action · October 4, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Congress
115th (2017–2019)
Introduced
September 26, 2018
Cosponsors (17)
11D 6R
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This bill designates the River Terrace Area of the Anacostia Park in the District of Columbia as the "Illinois' Bicentennial Grove." The Department of the Interior shall furnish and place a plaque near the trees planted in the Illinois' Bicentennial Grove in recognition of the trees as a tribute to the bicentennial of the State of Illinois and to Edward Coles, Mary Brown Davis, and Elijah and Owen Lovejoy, who were prominent abolitionists from Illinois.

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