Ohio Revised Code Title LV. Roads Highways Bridges § 5533.56

The road known as state route number four hundred forty-four running in a north and south direction, commencing at the intersection with state route number four in Montgomery county and extending through Greene county to its point of junction with interstate route six hundred seventy-five, shall be known as “freedom memorial highway.”

The director of transportation may erect suitable markers upon the highway indicating its name and giving the names of the fifty-two former hostages and of the eight servicemen who died in the attempted rescue of the hostages in April, 1980.