[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 16 (Tuesday, February 6, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E186]
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                 AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH, FEBRUARY 1996

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                         HON. MICHAEL F. DOYLE

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 6, 1996

  Mr. DOYLE. Mr. Speaker, I call to the attention of this Congress and 
the Nation, an effort that is taking place in my district and in places 
throughout the Nation. The National Daughters of the American 
Revolution dedicated this month, February, to be American history 
month. As the father of four young Americans who are 6, 14, 15, and 20 
years of age, I value their education and appreciation regarding our 
family heritage as members of a larger family of Americans.
  My ancestors were of Irish and Italian decent and were immigrants who 
came to the United States for a new start, a bright future, and the 
successes that this Nation has offered persons from throughout the 
world. They greatly valued the elements that make our Nation the 
greatest in the world. Liberty, justice, and opportunity. They 
assimilated into the cultural mix of the Pittsburgh suburban way of 
life, worked hard, raised families, and found that their differences 
with their neighbors gave flavor to our American community. I have 
lived in that community all my life and have found a strength and truly 
American spirit, which is found in small and large places nationwide.
  I salute the National Society of the Daughters of the American 
Revolution for promoting awareness of American history and our national 
heritage this month. Generations of Americans from all walks of life 
and from all cultures have given their labor, their prayers, their very 
lives so that we might enjoy the fruits of democracy. I encourage my 
colleagues and all Americans to promote an interest by our youth in 
history this month and what this Nation means to all Americans.

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