H. Res. 1000 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
September 24 (legislative day, September 23), 2008. 
Whereas the Forks of the Ohio at today’s Pittsburgh should 
forever be remembered as the place where an army of 
British and Colonial soldiers took control of Fort 
Duquesne from the French, a turning point in the 
French and Indian War, the first world war; 
Whereas the British victory in the French and Indian War 
sowed the seeds of Colonial discontent with British rule, 
beginning the chain of events that led to the American 
Revolution; 
Whereas the British Army under the leadership of General 
John Forbes built the first road across the Allegheny 
Mountains, thus securing the Gateway to the West for 
British and later American settlement; 
Whereas General Forbes and Colonel George Washington 
named the location Pittsburgh, in honor of William Pitt 
the Elder; 
Whereas Fort Pitt provided a safe haven for peoples from 
around the world to follow in Forbes’ and Washington’s 
footsteps to travel to Pittsburgh to settle the continent 
and to pioneer advancements in industry, science, tech-
nology, education, the environment and the arts;
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Whereas Pittsburgh went on to become the Crucible of the 
Industrial Revolution, producing glass, steel, and alu-
minum that have a place in every American skyline; and 
perfecting the technologies that made it possible for alter-
nating current to illuminate the Nation; 
Whereas the people of the Pittsburgh region pioneered mod-
ern philanthropy, implemented the first smoke control 
regulation, developed the polio vaccine, and conquered re-
jection of transplanted organs, improving countless lives 
worldwide; 
Whereas Pittsburgh is today a global leader in such emerging 
fields as materials science, regenerative medicine, nano-
technology, electro-optics, robotics, data storage, com-
puter science, and commercial nuclear power; 
Whereas Pittsburgh is home to more than 100 multi-billion 
dollar global corporations that improve the lives of people 
around the world; 
Whereas Pittsburgh provides a high quality of life to its resi-
dents, offering unparalleled arts and cultural opportuni-
ties for a place of its size; 
Whereas Pittsburgh has been named America’s Most Livable 
City, the only place in America to earn that honor twice; 
Whereas Pittsburgh is commemorating its naming and its im-
pact on the world with Pittsburgh 250, a year-long cele-
bration involving communities in 14 Pennsylvania coun-
ties, parts of seven states and the District of Columbia; 
Whereas Pittsburgh 250 has connected Washington, DC to 
Pittsburgh by supporting the completion of the Great Al-
legheny Passage Trail, the longest hiking and biking trail 
east of the Mississippi and the most accessible great trail 
experience in the world, providing an important new out-
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door recreational asset to the people of the Mid-Atlantic 
United States; and 
Whereas Pittsburgh has accomplished all of these things with 
an unparalleled history of public and private partnership: 
Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) recognizes the 250th anniversary of the Naming 
of Pittsburgh, known as a significant event in American 
history; 
(2) recognizes that Pittsburgh 250 is organizing the 
commemoration on behalf of 14 counties in southwestern 
Pennsylvania; 
(3) encourages participation for all Americans to 
learn how the Forbes Campaign, the opening of the 
Gateway to the West, the Industrialization of America, 
and the environmental transformation of Pittsburgh 
helped to make America; and 
(4) commends the contributions of those who have 
followed trails to Pittsburgh for 250 years to shape the 
world we live in and the Nation we have become. 
Attest: 
Clerk.