023-99
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
RESOLUTION
"WASHINGTON SQUARE"
WHEREAS, 1999 is the bicentennial year of the death of George Washington, hero, patriot and
statesrnan unequaled in the history of this Nation; and,
WHEREAS, George Washington spent the better part often very formative years from age sixteen
to age twenty~(174g-175g) in Old Frederick County, then the Virginia frontier, getting his
professional, military, political and financial start there; and,
WHEREAS, this board is informed that to honor and memorialize George Washington, the
Cornman Council ofthe City of Winchester at its next meeting, December 14, the 200'h anniversary of his
death, will consider a resolution naming the parcels on which the Frederick-Winchester Judicial Center
and the Kurtz Center are situated "Washington Square."
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Frederick County Board of Supervisors
commends and endorses the naming of the area described above as "Washington Square" in honor of the
memory of Frederick County's most internationally famous and revered resident ever.
ADOPTED, this gth day of December, 1999.
Upon motion made by W. Harrington Smith, Jr., and seconded by Robert M. Sager, the above
resolution was approved by the following recorded vote:
James L. Longerbeam
Aye
Robert M. Sager
Aye
Richard C. Shickle
Aye
Margaret B. Douglas
Aye
W. Harrington Smith, Jr.
Aye
Charles W. Orndoff, Sf.
Aye
A COpy TESTE:
RESOLUTION NO.: 023-99
cc: Edwin C. Daley, City Manager, City of Winchester