[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 87 (Friday, July 1, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: July 1, 1994]
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                    THE AMERICAN PROMENADE IN ISRAEL

  Mrs. FEINSTEIN. Mr. President, I rise today to make some brief 
remarks on a United States-Israeli cooperative project.
  The American Promenade in Israel is a privately-funded project to 
construct a lasting monument to the unique friendship between the 
United States and Israel. It has found the support of top Israeli 
officials, including Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, former Prime 
Ministers Yitzhak Shamir and Shimon Peres, and Likud Chairman Benjamin 
Netanyahu, as well as members of both parties in both houses of the 
U.S. Congress and numerous governors.
  The American Promenade has been designed by California architect 
David Collins to be a national park located at the gateway to Jerusalem 
overlooking the Tel Aviv-Jerusalem highway. A botanical garden in the 
park will contain Biblical and State trees, flowers, and wildflowers. 
There will also be 50 marble, 20-foot high monuments bearing the flags 
and official seals of the 50 States. There will be a stainless steel 
time capsule with a glass-lined interior to house buried historical 
materials. The capsule will be opened in the year 2048 during Israel's 
100th anniversary celebrations.
  An outstanding personality from each State will be honored by the 
Joint Commission on the American Promenade in Israel as a founding 
father, and his or her name will be permanently inscribed on the 
monument along with the names of the current Governor and the U.S. 
Senators. The founding father for the State of California will be Mr. 
David Shapell.
  As a project that has bipartisan support both in Israel and the 
United States, the American Promenade reaffirms the special 
relationship between our country and the only Western democracy in the 
Middle East.

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