Would you support adding a plaque to the monuments which explains the facts regarding the
slave ownership the former presidents?
Doesn't matter what I would support. You soyboys are going to bring it down in the end anyway. But you'll name everything you can Robert Byrd. Are you going to put plaques on every thing named after him that he was a Grand Wizard of the KKK. How about the Grand Wizard Freeway?
******* hypocrites.
What? Don't want to keep people from learning about our history, do ya?
Here's the list of your Grand Wizard. Chop, Chop, get those plaques up.
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List of places named after Robert Byrd - Wikipedia List of places named after Robert Byrd - Wikipedia
United States Senator Robert Byrd (November 20, 1917 – June 28, 2010) represented the
U.S. state of
West Virginia as a Democrat in the
United States Senate. During his tenure as
chairman of the
United States Senate Committee on Appropriations, Byrd secured billions of
dollars of
Federal funds for projects throughout West Virginia, many of which bear his name.
[1][2][3] Byrd served four terms as Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee: January 3, 1989 through January 3, 1995; January 3, 2001 through January 20, 2001; June 6, 2001 through January 3, 2003; and January 3, 2007 through January 3, 2009. As a
New Deal Democrat, Byrd used his position as chairman to battle persistent poverty in his home state of West Virginia, which he referred to as “one of the rock bottomest of states.”
[4] "I lost no opportunity to promote funding for programs and projects of benefit to the people back home," said Byrd.“
[4] Within two years of his chairmanship, Byrd surpassed his announced five-year goal of making sure more than $1 billion in Federal funds was sent back to West Virginia.
[5] In referring to his economic contributions to West Virginia, Byrd said in 2000, "West Virginia has always had four friends: God Almighty,
Sears Roebuck,
Carter's Liver Pills and Robert C. Byrd."
[3]
Byrd's steering of billions of Federal dollars to West Virginia earned him the
sobriquets "King of
Pork" by the
501(c)(3) non-profit organization
Citizens Against Government Waste[6] and "Prince of Pork" from other taxpayer groups.
[3] According to Citizens Against Government Waste, Byrd was the first legislator to bring $1 billion of
"pork" spending to his home state.
[3] The group named Byrd its initial "Porker of the Year" in 2002.
[3]
In addition to
providing Federal funding to special projects, Byrd also ensured that many Federal complexes were built in West Virginia, including the
Federal Bureau of Investigation's
Criminal Justice Information Services Division complex in
Clarksburg, the
United States Coast Guard's National Maritime Center in
Kearneysville, and a training center and
firing range for
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers near
Harpers Ferry.
[1] Clarksburg's FBI facility was the first of the major Federal complexes to be built under Byrd's leadership as chairman of the appropriations committee.
[3] In West Virginia's
Eastern Panhandle, Byrd helped bring ten federal facilities that employed more than 3,200 people.
[7] None of these facilities are named for him, however.
[1]
The
Clifford Hollow Bridge carries the
Robert C. Byrd Highway over Clifford Hollow near
Moorefield, West Virginia.
More than 50 buildings built with funds from US taxpayers directed to West Virginia are named for either Byrd or his wife, Erma Ora Byrd (née James).
[2] Several transportation projects named for Byrd have gained national notoriety, including the
Robert C. Byrd Highway.
[8] Also known as "Corridor H" of the
Appalachian Development Highway System, the highway was dubbed "West Virginia's road to nowhere" in 2009 after it received a $9.5 million earmark in the $410 billion
Omnibus Appropriations Act.
[8] The highway received another $21 million from the
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
[8] Critics argued the traffic on the highway was too light and the cost too high for the project to continue construction until its proposed completion in 2035.
[8] The State of West Virginia argued the highway was necessary as "an ideal evacuation route for
Washington, about 100 miles away, in case of an emergency."
[8]
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Academia, science, and technology[edit]
The
Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope in
Green Bank, West Virginia.
- Robert C. Byrd Academic and Technology Center, Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia[6][9][10]
- Robert C. Byrd Academic and Technology Center, Marshall University Graduate College in South Charleston, West Virginia[9][10]
- Robert C. Byrd Auditorium, National Conservation Training Center in Shepherdstown, West Virginia[9][10][11]
- Robert C. Byrd Biotechnology Science Center, Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia[6][9][10][12][13]
- Robert C. Byrd Cancer Research Laboratory, West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia[6][9][10]
- Robert C. Byrd Center for Legislative Studies, Shepherd University in Shepherdstown, West Virginia[9][10][14]
- Robert C. Byrd Center for Pharmacy Education, University of Charleston in Charleston, West Virginia[9][10]
- Robert C. Byrd Center for Rural Health, Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia[6][9]
- Robert C. Byrd Clinical Teaching Center, Charleston Area Medical Center Memorial Hospital in Charleston, West Virginia[9][10]
- Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope, Green Bank, West Virginia[6][9][10]
- Robert C. Byrd Hardwood Technologies Center, Princeton, West Virginia[6][9][10]
- Robert C. Byrd Health and Wellness Center, Bethany College in Bethany, West Virginia[9][10]
- Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center, West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia[6][9][10]
- Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center Charleston Division, Charleston, West Virginia[9]
- Robert C. Byrd High School, Clarksburg, West Virginia[6][9][15]
- Robert C. Byrd Institute for Advanced Flexible Manufacturing (RCBI) Bridgeport Manufacturing Technology Center, Bridgeport, West Virginia[9][10][16]
- RCBI Charleston Manufacturing Technology Center, South Charleston, West Virginia[6][9][10][16]
- RCBI Huntington Manufacturing Technology Center, Huntington, West Virginia[9][10][16]
- RCBI Rocket Center Manufacturing Technology Center, Rocket Center, West Virginia[9][10][16][17]
- Robert C. Byrd Institute for Composites Technology and Training Center, Bridgeport, West Virginia[9]
- Robert C. Byrd Library, Wheeling, West Virginia[9]
- Robert C. Byrd Library and Robert C. Byrd Learning Resource Center, University of Charleston in Beckley[6][9][10]
- Robert C. Byrd Life Long Learning Center, Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College in Moorefield, West Virginia[9]
- Robert C. Byrd Life Long Learning Center, West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia[10]
- Robert C. Byrd Metals Fabrication Center, Rocket Center, West Virginia[9][10][17]
- Robert C. Byrd National Aerospace Education Center, Bridgeport, West Virginia (affiliated with Fairmont State University)[9][10]
- Robert C. Byrd National Technology Transfer Center, Wheeling Jesuit University in Wheeling, West Virginia[6][9][18]
- Robert C. Byrd Regional Training Institute, Camp Dawson near Kingwood, West Virginia[9]
- Robert C. Byrd Science and Technology Center, Shepherd University in Shepherdstown, West Virginia[6][9][10]
- Robert C. Byrd Technology Center, Alderson–Broaddus College in Philippi, West Virginia[6][9][10]
- Robert C. Byrd United Technical Center[6][10]
Commerce[edit]
Community[edit]
Government[edit]
Healthcare[edit]
Recreation and tourism[edit]
Transportation[edit]
The
Robert C. Byrd Bridge crossing the
Ohio River between
Huntington,
West Virginia and
Chesapeake,
Ohio.
- Robert C. Byrd Appalachian Highway System, Appalachian Development Highway System in West Virginia[9][10][19]
- Robert C. Byrd Bridge, crosses the Ohio River between Huntington, West Virginia and Chesapeake, Ohio[6][9][10][19]
- Robert C. Byrd Bridge, Ohio County, West Virginia[19]
- Robert C. Byrd Drive, West Virginia Routes 16 and 97 between Beckley and Sophia, West Virginia[6][10]
- Robert C. Byrd Expressway, United States Route 22 near Weirton, West Virginia[6][9][10]
- Robert C. Byrd Freeway, United States Route 119 between Williamson and Charleston, West Virginia (also known as Corridor G)[6][9]
- Robert C. Byrd Highway, United States Route 48 between Weston, West Virginia and the Virginia state line near Wardensville, West Virginia (also known as Corridor H)[6][19]
- Robert C. Byrd Interchange on Interstate 77[9]
- Robert C. Byrd Interchange on United States Route 19, Birch River, West Virginia[9][19]
- Robert C. Byrd Intermodal Transportation Center, Wheeling, West Virginia[9][10]
- Robert C. Byrd Locks and Dam, Ohio River in Gallipolis Ferry, West Virginia[6][9][10]
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