Down Da Road: Springfield Rally-- Jefferson Davis Highway

Down Da Road-- Some news of the road.


1. SPRINGFIELD RALLY-- Springfield, Illinois, a rally was held by 50 people in front of the Executive Mansion to protest Governor Rod Blagojevich's $2.8 million cut in the state's preservation agency budget which has caused some historic sites to shut down or drastically cut hours. The state faces a huge budget shortfall (don't we wish we had some of Alaska's oli money).

They urged support of the the Senate Bill 1103 to reverse the cut. Of course, we on the road, like to stop at historical places, so that hurts tourism. Sept. 13th Springfield State Journal-Register.


2. JEFFERSON DAVIS HIGHWAY-- The Captain John W. Randall Sons of Confederate veterans Camp 649, of Dardanelle, Arkansas, had fall cleanup along Highway 22. It is also known as the Jefferson Davis Highway This designation was pushed by the United daughters of the Confederacy in 1925 and the state legislature so declared it in the same year. In 1937, the Arkansas Division of the UDC erected a monument on a part of an 1839 fort.

The SCV camp has a nice marker along their stretch of road:

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