JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 2

A Joint Resolution designating a portion of State Highway Route No. 18, as the "Purple Heart Memorial Highway."

WHEREAS, Two thousand three hundred purple heart veterans reside in New Jersey and are     members of 21 chapters of the Military Order of the Purple Heart throughout the State; and

Whereas, The number of purple heart veterans residing in New Jersey exceeds that of any     other state in the nation; and

Whereas, A permanent memorial established in honor of these veterans would forever     commemorate their courage and sacrifices; and

Whereas, It is especially timely that a permanent designation be made in light of the 50th     Anniversary of the D-Day landing in Normandy which was recently observed on June 6,     1994; and

Whereas, In honor of our veterans who served so bravely in times of war, it is fitting and     proper that a portion of State Highway Route No. 18, a major thoroughfare in Middlesex     County, bear the permanent designation of the "Purple Heart Memorial Highway," honoring     all purple heart veterans; and

Whereas, The Township of Old Bridge has agreed that the portion of State Highway No. 18     which is situated in Old Bridge should be designated as the "Purple Heart Memorial     Highway;" now, therefore,

    Be It Resolved by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

    1. The Commissioner of Transportation shall designate that portion of State Highway Route No. 18 which is situated in the Township of Old Bridge, as the "Purple Heart Memorial Highway."

    2. The commissioner is authorized to erect appropriate and permanent route and directional signs bearing that designation, and indicating that the portion of the highway bearing that designation is located within the Township of Old Bridge, at appropriate sites on each side of the highway corresponding to the points of entry and exit to the Township of Old Bridge.

    3. This joint resolution shall take effect immediately.

    Approved June 18, 1996.