[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 54 (Thursday, March 23, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S4518]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


          SESQUICENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY OF WINSLOW TOWNSHIP, NJ

 Mr. BRADLEY. Mr. President, I rise today to commemorate the 
150th anniversary of the founding of Winslow Township, New Jersey. 
Originally a sleepy farming community, Winslow has developed into a 
unique hybrid, encompassing both rural and urban elements within its 54 
square miles.
  With roots firmly planted in New Jersey's farming community, Winslow 
has played an increasingly important role in the State's agricultural 
industry throughout the years. It is Winslow Township's renowned 
peaches that help make New Jersey fourth in the Nation in production of 
this crop. Blessed not only with fertile farmland, the Winslow Township 
area also enjoys a close relationship with two of New Jersey's greatest 
natural resources, the Pinelands and the Great Egg Harbor River. The 
magnificent Pine Barrens, a national wilderness preserve, is popular 
with hikers, nature enthusiasts, and canoeists. The Great Egg Harbor 
River is also a favorite with canoeists and fishermen, and is home to 
hundreds of different species of fish, mammals, reptiles, birds, and 
amphibians.
  Coexisting with Winslow's natural riches are urban areas of great 
diversity. Described by its residents as a ``microcosm of America,'' 
Winslow is ethnically, racially, and socio- economically diverse. The 
small town belief that fellow residents are actually friends and family 
has allowed Winslow's different groups to live harmoniously as their 
community has grown. Different communities and forces have influenced 
the development of Winslow Township, and the town has profited from 
them. The rolling farmlands and local winery shape Winslow Township as 
surely as the new pockets of urban development. Children of New 
Jersey's most recent immigrants share classes in Winslow's outstanding 
school system with the great-great-grandchildren of the Italian farmers 
who helped found the town.
  Winslow Township may be a small town, but the lessons it offers us in 
community and modern living are broad in scope. These lessons are 
simple, for they are all rooted in one common theme and that theme is 
respect. Respect for the beauty and riches of our environment, from 
which we can derive both pleasure in recreation and products with which 
to earn a living; respect for diversity and the lessons we cannot 
afford to ignore about the larger world in which we live; and finally, 
respect for community--the civil society in which all Americans make 
their homes, sustain their marriages, raise their families, hang out 
with their friends, meet their neighbors, educate their children, and 
worship their God.
  Mr. President, I congratulate Winslow Township once again, on their 
sesquicentennial anniversary.


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