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Union Calendar No. 334 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5057 
[Report No. 109–582] 
To authorize the Marion Park Project and Committee of the Palmetto Con-
servation Foundation to establish a commemorative work on Federal 
land in the District of Columbia, and its environs to honor Brigadier 
General Francis Marion. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 30, 2006 
Mr. WILSON of South Carolina (for himself, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. BROWN of 
South Carolina, Mr. INGLIS of South Carolina, Mr. SPRATT, and Mr. 
BARRETT of South Carolina) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Resources 
JULY 20, 2006 
Additional sponsor: Mr. FORTUN˜O 
JULY 20, 2006 
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 
on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 30, 2006] 
A BILL 
To authorize the Marion Park Project and Committee of 
the Palmetto Conservation Foundation to establish a 
commemorative work on Federal land in the District 
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of Columbia, and its environs to honor Brigadier General 
Francis Marion. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. COMMEMORATIVE WORK TO HONOR BRIGADIER 
GENERAL FRANCIS MARION AND HIS FAMILY. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that: 
(1) Francis Marion was born in 1732 in St. 
John’s Parish, Berkeley County, South Carolina. He 
married Mary Esther Videau on April 20th, 1786. 
Francis and Mary Esther Marion had no children, 
but raised a son of a relative as their own, and gave 
the child Francis Marion’s name. 
(2) Brigadier General Marion commanded the 
Williamsburg Militia Revolutionary force in South 
Carolina and was instrumental in delaying the ad-
vance of British forces by leading his troops in dis-
rupting supply lines. 
(3) Brigadier General Marion’s tactics, which 
were unheard of in rules of warfare at the time, in-
cluded lightning raids on British convoys, after which 
he and his forces would retreat into the swamps to 
avoid capture. British Lieutenant Colonel Tarleton 
stated that ‘‘as for this damned old swamp fox, the 
devil himself could not catch him’’. Thus, the legend 
of the ‘‘Swamp Fox’’ was born. 
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(4) His victory at the Battle of Eutaw Springs 
in September of 1781 was officially recognized by 
Congress. 
(5) Brigadier General Marion’s troops are be-
lieved to be the first racially integrated force fighting 
for the United States, as his band was a mix of 
Whites, Blacks, both free and slave, and Native Amer-
icans. 
(6) As a statesman, he represented his parish in 
the South Carolina senate as well as his State at the 
Constitutional Convention. 
(7) Although the Congress has authorized the es-
tablishment of commemorative works on Federal 
lands in the District of Columbia honoring such cele-
brated Americans as George Washington, Thomas Jef-
ferson, and Abraham Lincoln, the National Capital 
has no comparable memorial to Brigadier General 
Francis Marion for his bravery and leadership during 
the Revolutionary War, without which the United 
States would not exist. 
(8) Brigadier General Marion’s legacy must live 
on. At present, and since 1878, United States Res-
ervation 18 has been officially referred to as Marion 
Park. Located between 4th and 6th Streets, S.E., at 
the intersection of E Street and South Carolina Ave-
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nue, S.E., in Washington, DC, the park lacks a for-
mal commemoration to this South Carolina hero who 
was important to the initiation of the Nation’s herit-
age. 
(9) The time has come to correct this oversight 
so that future generations of Americans will know 
and understand the preeminent historical and lasting 
significance to the Nation of Brigadier General 
Marion’s contributions. Such a South Carolina hero 
deserves to be given the proper recognition. 
(b) AUTHORITY
TO
ESTABLISH
COMMEMORATIVE 
WORK.—The Marion Park Project, a committee of the Pal-
metto Conservation Foundation, may establish a commemo-
rative work on Federal land in the District of Columbia 
and its environs to honor Brigadier General Francis Mar-
ion and his service. 
(c) COMPLIANCE WITH STANDARDS FOR COMMEMORA-
TIVE WORKS.—The commemorative work authorized by 
subsection (b) shall be established in accordance with chap-
ter 89 of title 40, United States Code (commonly known 
as the Commemorative Works Act). 
(d) USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS PROHIBITED.—Federal 
funds may not be used to pay any expense of the establish-
ment of the commemorative work authorized by subsection 
(b). The Marion Park Project, a committee of the Palmetto 
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Conservation Foundation, shall be solely responsible for ac-
ceptance of contributions for, and payment of the expenses 
of, the establishment of that commemorative work. 
(e) DEPOSIT OF EXCESS FUNDS.—If, upon payment 
of all expenses of the establishment of the commemorative 
work authorized by subsection (b) (including the mainte-
nance and preservation amount provided for in section 
8906(b) of title 40, United States Code), or upon expiration 
of the authority for the commemorative work under chapter 
89 of title 40, United States Code, there remains a balance 
of funds received for the establishment of that commemora-
tive work, the Marion Park Project, a committee of the Pal-
metto Conservation Foundation, shall transmit the amount 
of the balance to the Secretary of the Treasury for deposit 
in the account provided for in section 8906(b)(1) of such 
title. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section, the 
terms ‘‘commemorative work’’ and ‘‘the District of Colum-
bia and its environs’’ have the meanings given to such terms 
in section 8902(a) of title 40, United States Code. 
Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to authorize 
the Marion Park Project, a committee of the Palmetto 
Conservation Foundation, to establish a commemorative 
work on Federal land in the District of Columbia, and its 
environs to honor Brigadier General Francis Marion.’’. 
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