Re: Create a Mount Rainier RR National Historic Site?
Author: PennDude
Date: 05-23-2020 - 18:58
George Andrews Wrote:
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> Steamtown had an Angel in Congress ( I can't
> remember who at the moment ) who shepherded the
> funding bill through various committees.
That would be the late Representative Joseph M. McDade, who represented the Scranton area from 1963 through 1999. McDade was a Republican who was on the House Appropriations Committee. He passed away at the age of 85 in 2017.