Harry F. Byrd: Difference between revisions

Possibly his greatest legacy was the creation of [[Shenandoah National Park]], as well as the [[Skyline Drive]], the [[Blue Ridge Parkway]], and the Virginia state park system.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gQ8pDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA61|title=Civilian Conservation Corps in Virginia|last=Sharpe|first=Joe and Patty Elton, Foreword by Joan|date=March 6, 2017|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=9781467125246|language=en}}</ref> Byrd's influence kept the park segregated during construction by the CCC,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Shumaker|first=Susan|title=UNTOLD STORIES FROM AMERICA'S NATIONAL PARKS: SEGREGATION IN THE NATIONAL PARKS (PART 1, PAGES 15 – 36)|website=[[PBS]] |url=https://www.pbs.org/nationalparks/media/pdfs/tnp-abi-untold-stories-pt-01-segregation.pdf|pages=31–32 (pp18–19 in PDF numbering)}}</ref> at its initial establishment,<ref>{{Cite news|date=November 24, 1995|title=NATIONAL PARK WAS LABORATORY FOR RACE RELATIONS|work=Roanoke Times|url=https://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/ROA-Times/issues/1995/rt9511/951124/11300005.htm}}</ref> and even a year after the Truman Administration mandated full desegregation in all National Parks.<ref name=":0" /> Shenandoah National Park's main visitor center is named in his honor.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.visitskylinedrive.org/What-To-See/Top-10/Go-to-Byrd-Visitor-Center.aspx | title=Learn at Byrd Visitor Center | website=Shenandoah National Park: Skyline Drive | access-date=April 26, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170427003133/http://www.visitskylinedrive.org/What-To-See/Top-10/Go-to-Byrd-Visitor-Center.aspx | archive-date=April 27, 2017 | url-status=dead}}</ref>

 

 

On November 26, 1968, the [[Virginia Department of Transportation|Virginia State Highway Commission]] named [[Virginia State Route 7]], a historic road which travels from [[Alexandria, Virginia|Alexandria]] past Berryville to Winchester, as "Harry Flood Byrd Highway" between Alexandria and Winchester.<ref>{{cite web|title=Minutes of Meeting of State Highway Commission: Charlottesville, Virginia: November 26, 1968|url=http://www.ctb.virginia.gov/meetings/minutes_pdf/CTB-11-1968-01.pdf|page=1|publisher=[[Commonwealth Transportation Board]]|access-date=June 26, 2020|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304064542/http://www.ctb.virginia.gov/meetings/minutes_pdf/CTB-11-1968-01.pdf|url-status=dead}}.</ref> The name is still in use between the [[Shenandoah River]] and Leesburg. Byrd's home from 1926 until his death, Rosemont Manor, still exists and is surrounded by about 60 acres. Although many acres of Byrd's former orchards are now commercial and residential properties, Rosemont is now open to the public as a bed and breakfast, as well as event venue.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.virginia.org/listings/PlacesToStay/1811HistoricRosemontManor/|title=Historic Rosemont Manor c. 1811 - Virginia Is For Lovers|website=www.virginia.org|access-date=January 10, 2020}}</ref>