Emporium's 4th Street renamed General Joseph McNarney Blvd.

HARRISBURG, Pa., Feb. 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Governor Edward G. Rendell today signed into law the following bills:

House Bill 692 - Designates the bridge on U.S. Route 6 over Potato Creek at Smethport, McKean County, as the POW/MIA Memorial Bridge; designates State Route 120 in the Borough of Emporium as General Joseph T. McNarney Memorial Boulevard; designates the bridge on U.S. Route 6 over Allegheny River at Liberty Township, McKean County, as the Lt. Colonel Richard J. Berrettini Memorial Bridge; designates the Main Street Bridge carrying U.S. Route 6 at Segment 260, offset 0711, over the Allegheny River in Coudersport Borough, Potter County, as the Potter County World War II Veterans Memorial Bridge; and designates the Gay Street Bridge on State Route 113, which crosses French Creek in the Borough of Phoenixville, Chester County, as the Veterans Memorial Gay Street Bridge.

Joseph Taggart McNarney was born on August 28, 1893 at Emporium, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in June 1915 ....MORE from wiki