Showing posts with label Jackie Robinson Ballpark. Show all posts
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Sunday, January 05, 2025

President Biden signs bill designating Jackie Robinson Ballpark as Commemorative Site

On Saturday, January 4, 2025, the President signed H.R. 8012 into law.

The “Jackie Robinson Ballpark National Commemorative Site Act,” which designates the Jackie Robinson Ballpark in Daytona Beach, Florida, as a Commemorative Site and makes the Site a part of the African American Civil Rights Network.

The bill directs the Department of the Interior to conduct a feasibility study to give the site the designation of a National Historic Landmark.

Representatives Mike Waltz and Darren Soto, and Senators Marco Rubio and Rapheal Warnock sponsored the bill.