[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 135 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

  1st Session
S. RES. 135

    Expressing the sense of the Senate that Congress should provide 
  adequate funding to protect the integrity of the Frederick Douglass 
                        National Historic Site.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 8, 2003

 Mr. Frist (for himself, Mr. Santorum, Mr. Brownback, and Mr. Talent) 
        submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
        Committee on Energy and Natural ResourcesYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

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                               RESOLUTION


 
    Expressing the sense of the Senate that Congress should provide 
  adequate funding to protect the integrity of the Frederick Douglass 
                        National Historic Site.

Whereas Frederick Douglass freed himself from slavery and, through decades of 
        tireless efforts, helped to free millions more;
Whereas as a major stationmaster on the Underground Railroad, Frederick Douglass 
        directly helped hundreds on their way to freedom through his adopted 
        home city of Rochester, New York;
Whereas Frederick Douglass learned to write and do arithmetic on his own 
        initiative;
Whereas as a publisher of the North Star and Frederick Douglass' Paper, 
        Frederick Douglass brought news of the antislavery movement to thousands 
        of people;
Whereas Frederick Douglass helped recruit African-American troops for the Union 
        Army and his personal relationship with Abraham Lincoln helped to 
        persuade the President to make emancipation a cause of the Civil War;
Whereas in 1872, Frederick Douglass moved to Washington, DC, where he initially 
        served as publisher of the New National Era, intending to carry forward 
        the work of elevating the position of African Americans in the post-
        emancipation period; and
Whereas Frederick Douglass also served briefly as President of the Freedmen's 
        National Bank and subsequently in various national service positions, 
        including United States Marshal for the District of Columbia and 
        diplomatic positions in Haiti and the Dominican Republic: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that Congress should 
provide adequate funding to protect the integrity of the Frederick 
Douglass National Historic Site.