Senate Amendment 1
H 3139 - Session 125 (2023-2024)
US Postal Service Airmail Directional Arrow Site

Senator Talley proposes the following amendment (SR-3139.KM0001S):

Amend the concurrent resolution, as and if amended, by striking the second paragraph and inserting:

Whereas, the site was once a part of a network of ground-based navigational beacons established in the 1920s to guide United States Post Office airmail pilots around the clock. The beacons stood atop concrete foundations in the shape of giant arrows measuring between fifty to seventy feet long; and

Amend the concurrent resolution further, by striking the fourth paragraph and inserting:

Whereas, it would be fitting and proper to recognize the role of the navigational beacon site in Spartanburg County, which guided airplanes flying along the Post Office's Atlanta to New York route, for its historical significance. Now, therefore,

Amend the concurrent resolution further, by striking the sixth paragraph and inserting:

That the members of the General Assembly request the Department of Transportation erect appropriate markers or signs at the intersection of South Carolina Highway 417 and Green Pond Road in Spartanburg County containing the words "United States Post Office Airmail Directional Arrow Site".