The House of Representatives passed legislation on May 13 to rename two sites at Paterson Great Falls National Park in honor of late Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr., Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. announced. The two locations would be Bill Pascrell, Jr. Scenic Overlook Trail Bridge and Bill Pascrell, Jr. Overlook Park. The bill now moves to the Senate for consideration.

“Bill Pascrell spent his life fighting for the city that raised him,” said Pallone, who authored the bill. “He believed in Paterson, in its people, and in preserving its proud place in our national story. Without Bill, Great Falls wouldn’t be a national park, and the story of Paterson’s contribution to the American industrial revolution might have been lost to history.”