A VA outpatient clinic in Bloomington, Illinois, would be officially renamed the "Andrew Jackson Smith Medal of Honor Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic." Smith was a Civil War soldier in the 55th Massachusetts Infantry who, during the Battle of Honey Hill in South Carolina in 1864, saved his regiment's colors after the color bearer was killed — carrying the flag through heavy enemy fire even as half the officers and a third of the enlisted men were killed or wounded. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor, and this bill honors his sacrifice by putting his name on the clinic.
Congressional Summary
Designates the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Bloomington, Illinois as the 'Andrew Jackson Smith Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic.'
Legislative Subjects
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Action Date
- 2025-07-23
- Date Added
- 2026-03-31
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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