[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4338 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4338

   To designate the ``Christiansted Bandstand'' at the Christiansted 
 National Historic Site, St. Croix, Virgin Islands, as the ``Peter G. 
                      Thurland, Sr., Bandstand''.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 4, 1994

 Mr. de Lugo introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
   To designate the ``Christiansted Bandstand'' at the Christiansted 
 National Historic Site, St. Croix, Virgin Islands, as the ``Peter G. 
                      Thurland, Sr., Bandstand''.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds that--
            (1) Peter Gregory Thurland, Sr., was born on February 19, 
        1892, in the town of Christiansted on the island of St. Croix 
        in the Virgin Islands;
            (2) he excelled in playing the trombone and baritone horn 
        and dedicated his life to attaining excellence in music;
            (3) shortly after the transfer of the Virgin Islands from 
        Denmark to the United States, Peter G. Thurland, Sr., joined 
        the United States Navy on June 12, 1917, and served as a member 
        of the Navy Band;
            (4) he worked on the construction and design of the 
        Christiansted Bandstand, where he played with the Christiansted 
        Naval Band at their monthly concerts until he was honorably 
        discharged in September 1921;
            (5) he is renowned in his native Virgin Islands as a master 
        craftsman and a skillful cabinetmaker;
            (6) in 1938, Peter G. Thurland, Sr., founded the St. Croix 
        Community Band and trained many young musicians who performed 
        free at monthly concerts at the Christiansted Bandstand;
            (7) he conducted the St. Croix Community Band until his 
        retirement for health reasons in 1968, at which time he turned 
        over the leadership position of the band to his son; and
            (8) it is a fitting tribute to his leadership, courage, and 
        contributions to the community of St. Croix to designate the 
        Christiansted Bandstand in honor and memory of Peter G. 
        Thurland, Sr.

SEC. 2. DESIGNATION.

    The bandstand commonly referred to as the ``Christiansted 
Bandstand'', located at the Christiansted National Historic Site, St. 
Croix, Virgin Islands, is designated as the ``Peter G. Thurland, Sr., 
Bandstand''.

SEC. 3. LEGAL REFERENCES.

    Any reference in any law, regulation, document, record, map, or 
other paper of the United States to the Christiansted Bandstand, 
referred to in section 2 is deemed to be a reference to the ``Peter G. 
Thurland, Sr., Bandstand''.

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