[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 186 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 186

Honoring the 75th anniversary of Brookgreen Gardens in Murrells Inlet, 
                            South Carolina.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 18, 2007

Mr. Brown of South Carolina (for himself, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, 
   Mr. Barrett of South Carolina, Mr. Inglis of South Carolina, Mr. 
Spratt, and Mr. Clyburn) submitted the following concurrent resolution; 
        which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
Honoring the 75th anniversary of Brookgreen Gardens in Murrells Inlet, 
                            South Carolina.

Whereas 2007 is the 75th year that Brookgreen Gardens is open to the public;
Whereas in 1930 philanthropist Archer M. Huntington and his wife, sculptor Anna 
        Hyatt Huntington, purchased 9,100 acres of South Carolina land that 
        stretched from the Waccamaw River to the Atlantic Ocean;
Whereas within the tract of such land were the remnants of four rice 
        plantations, including the Oaks, Springfield, Laurel Hill, and 
        Brookgreen;
Whereas the Huntingtons created Brookgreen Gardens on a 300-acre parcel of land 
        with massive live oak trees which were planted nearly two centuries 
        earlier;
Whereas in 1932 the Huntingtons opened Brookgreen Gardens to the public and 
        established it as both a nature preserve and a showcase for American 
        figurative sculpture;
Whereas Brookgreen Gardens consists of two main components: the Huntington 
        Sculpture Garden and the Lowcountry History and Wildlife Preserve;
Whereas more than 550 works by hundreds of American artists are displayed in the 
        Huntington Sculpture Garden;
Whereas the Lowcountry History and Wildlife Preserve is rich with evidence of 
        the great rice plantations of the 1800s, contains native and domestic 
        animal exhibits, and is the only zoo accredited by the Association of 
        Zoos and Aquariums on the coast of either North Carolina or South 
        Carolina; and
Whereas Brookgreen Gardens is designated a National Historic Landmark by the 
        National Park Service: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That Congress honors Brookgreen Gardens in Murrells Inlet, South 
Carolina, on its 75th anniversary of being open to the public.
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