Naming and Designating - As enacted, designates the National Guard Armory in Cheatham County as the "First Sergeant Charles Anderson Douglas National Guard Armory." - Companion bill has been assigned Public Chapter Numbe, the official text

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                             PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 421

                                                     SENATE BILL NO. 276

                                                             By Roberts

                                            Substituted for: House Bill No. 208

                            By Littleton, Terry, Barrett, Reedy, Capley, Camper, White

AN ACT to designate the National Guard Armory in Cheatham County as the "First Sergeant
          Charles Anderson Douglas National Guard Armory."

          WHEREAS, First Sergeant Charles Anderson Douglas was a Tennessee native and served
as an enlisted soldier in the United States military, beginning in 1963; and

          WHEREAS, First Sergeant Douglas served as the First Sergeant of the Ashland City unit
from 1986 until his retirement in 2003; and

          WHEREAS, Cheatham County's National Guard unit was established in 1985 on the
courthouse lawn as a Detachment Unit of A Company 3/109th Armor from Clarksville; and

          WHEREAS, the unit was eventually moved to the Tennessee State Highway Garage, where
it later became D Company 3/109th Armor, and remained at that location until 1995; and

          WHEREAS, D Co mpany 3/109th Ar mor was later disbanded and be came M Company
31278th Armored Cavalry Regiment, which moved into its present location at 1935 Highway 12 in
South Ashland City in 1999; and

          WHEREAS, First Sergeant Charles Anderson Douglas was a powerful advocate for the
construction of a new National Guard armory building in Cheatham County, as well as for the overall
success of the local National Guard unit for many years; and

          WHEREAS, First Sergeant Douglas's tireless advocacy and dedication to the cause of the
construction of a new armory building in Cheatham County is a principal reason the new building
was approved; now, therefore,

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:

          SECTION 1. The National Guard Armory in Cheatham County is named the "First Sergeant
Charles Anderson Douglas National Guard Armory" in recognition of First Sergeant Charles
Anderson Douglas's estimable service to the citizens of this state.

          SECTION 2. From existing resources, the department of military is directed to erect suitable
signs or to affix suitable markers designating such edifice as the "First Sergeant Charles Anderson
Douglas National Guard Armory."

          SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
         SENATE BILL NO. 276

PASSED:  Apri I 21, 2025

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                                                SPEAKER OF THE SENATE

                                                CAMEROFTSEXTON, SPEAKER
                                                HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

APPROVED t h i s ~ day o f ~                       2025

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                          BILL LEE, GOVERNOR