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| 5 | 4 | | HOUSE BILL 208 |
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| 6 | 5 | | By Littleton |
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| 9 | 8 | | HB0208 |
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| 10 | 9 | | 000498 |
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| 11 | 10 | | - 1 - |
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| 13 | 12 | | AN ACT to designate the National Guard Armory in |
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| 14 | 13 | | Cheatham County as the "First Sergeant Charles |
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| 15 | 14 | | Anderson Douglas National Guard Armory." |
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| 16 | 15 | | |
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| 17 | 16 | | WHEREAS, First Sergeant Charles Anderson Douglas was a Tennessee native and |
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| 18 | 17 | | served as an enlisted soldier in the United States military, beginning in 1963; and |
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| 19 | 18 | | WHEREAS, First Sergeant Douglas served as the First Sergeant of the Ashland City unit |
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| 20 | 19 | | from 1986 until his retirement in 2003; and |
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| 21 | 20 | | WHEREAS, Cheatham County's National Guard unit was established in 1985 on the |
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| 22 | 21 | | courthouse lawn as a Detachment Unit of A Company 3/109 |
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| 23 | 22 | | th |
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| 24 | 23 | | Armor from Clarksville; and |
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| 25 | 24 | | WHEREAS, the unit was eventually moved to the Tennessee State Highway Garage, |
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| 26 | 25 | | where it later became D Company 3/109 |
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| 27 | 26 | | th |
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| 28 | 27 | | Armor, and remained at that location until 1995; and |
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| 29 | 28 | | WHEREAS, D Company 3/109 |
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| 30 | 29 | | th |
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| 31 | 30 | | Armor was later disbanded and became M Company |
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| 32 | 31 | | 3/278 |
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| 33 | 32 | | th |
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| 34 | 33 | | Armored Calvary Regiment, which moved into its present location at 1935 Highway 12 in |
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| 35 | 34 | | South Ashland City in 1999; and |
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| 36 | 35 | | WHEREAS, First Sergeant Charles Anderson Douglas was a powerful advocate for the |
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| 37 | 36 | | construction of a new National Guard armory building in Cheatham County, as well as for the |
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| 38 | 37 | | overall success of the local National Guard unit for many years; and |
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| 39 | 38 | | WHEREAS, First Sergeant Douglas's tireless advocacy and dedication to the cause of |
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| 40 | 39 | | the construction of a new armory building in Cheatham County is a principal reason the new |
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| 41 | 40 | | building was approved; now, therefore, |
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| 42 | 41 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE: |
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| 45 | 44 | | - 2 - 000498 |
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| 47 | 46 | | SECTION 1. The National Guard Armory in Cheatham County is named the "First |
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| 48 | 47 | | Sergeant Charles Anderson Douglas National Guard Armory" in recognition of First Sergeant |
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| 49 | 48 | | Charles Anderson Douglas's estimable service to the citizens of this state. |
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| 50 | 49 | | SECTION 2. From existing resources, the department of military is directed to erect |
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| 51 | 50 | | suitable signs or to affix suitable markers designating such edifice as the "First Sergeant |
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| 52 | 51 | | Charles Anderson Douglas National Guard Armory." |
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| 53 | 52 | | SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it. |
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