[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 95 (Wednesday, July 20, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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                    175TH ANNIVERSARY OF LEBANON, TN

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                            HON. BART GORDON

                              of tennessee

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 20, 1994

  Mr. GORDON. Mr. Speaker, I rise to congratulate the city of Lebanon, 
TN, on its 175th anniversary, which it will celebrate throughout the 
week of July 24. Lebanon, the Wilson County seat, certainly has a lot 
to celebrate.
  For the past 2 years in a row, the Wilson County Fair has been named 
the Champion of Champions by the Tennessee Fair Association.
  As all residents of Lebanon know, original settlers named the city 
for the Biblical land of cedars. That tradition has been preserved and 
shepherded under the able leadership of Mayor Don Fox, Mayor pro-tem 
Fred Burton and Aldermen Jerry Hunt, Arah Preston, Joe Hayes, Johnny 
Knowles, and Kathy Warmath, and by the generosity of public spirit of 
each of its residents.
  Maybe that's why Lebanon is a little town with a big reputation that 
is growing bigger every day. The cities of Lebanon, MO and Lebanon, OR, 
after all, were founded by former Lebanon residents.
  Famous Americans who have called Lebanon home include Sam Houston, 
the first president of the Republic of Texas and hero of the battle of 
San Jacinto; four Confederate and one Union generals; Maude Woodfork 
McElroy, America's original Aunt Jemima; Maggie Porter Cole, one of the 
Fisk Jubilee singers; and, of course, Robert E. Lee's horse Traveler.
  Lebanon is rightly proud of its top-flight 10th District schools, of 
its many church and civic organizations and of first-class recreation 
programs.
  Not to be overlooked is Cumberland University, one of Tennessee's 
finest, which has graduated former Gov. Frank Clement, Cordell Hull, 
and many others.
  This week Lebanon's proud residents will mark their anniversary with 
a parade and field day, dinners and dances and singing and much else--
just like they've been doing for 175 years now. I know I'm speaking for 
all middle Tennesseans when I warmly wish them another 175 happy years.

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