The 3,365 mile road runs from Massachusetts to Oregon. It traverses 260 miles in northern Ohio, including stretches in Cuyahoga, Lake and Lorain counties.
U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur, a Toledo Democrat, wants to rename U.S. Route 20 to honor the nation's Medal of Honor recipients. - U.S. Route 20 - will be designated the “National Medal of Honor Highway,” under legislation that the U.S. House of Representatives approved Monday.
The bipartisan legislation approved in a non-controversial voice vote was cosponsored by Toledo Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur. The U.S. SenateThe chair of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Missouri Republican Sam Graves, said the name change will honor all 3,519 Medal of Honor recipients, and those who receive the award in the future.
, the drive to rename U.S. Route 20 started with an Oregon Vietnam veteran named Dick Tobiason, who heads the Bend Heroes Foundation. In 2017, Oregon’s governor and legislature designated their section of the road the “Oregon Medal of Honor Highway.” A statement from Tobiason said that having a transcontinental National Medal of Honor Highway would be “a permanent tribute to America’s members of the Armed Forces who acted with conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity, above and beyond the call of duty at the risk of their lives during combat with an enemy of the United States.”
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