By Stephanie Ujhelyi, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel
CHESTER — “Education not indoctrination” read the sign hanging on the podium for an event Thursday featuring Gov. Patrick Morrisey at the Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Chester.
Morrisey visited the location to ceremonially sign House Bill 3297 into law, which establishes the Washington Center for Civics, Culture and Statesmanship at West Virginia University.
House of Delegates Majority Leader Pat McGeehan, R-Chester, had introduced the legislation in March. The center will “place an increased focus on American constitutional studies, mold students into responsible leaders and informed citizens,” providing what McGeehan sees as fact-based instruction on America’s founding and the achievements of Western civilization.
