[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 69 (Thursday, May 16, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E828]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           THE SESQUICENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY OF THE CIVIL WAR

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                         HON. RICHARD H. BAKER

                              of louisiana

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 16, 1996

  Mr. BAKER of Louisiana. Mr. Speaker, we are quickly approaching the 
sesquicentennial anniversary of the Civil War and in preparation of 
this, I, along with several colleagues, would like to designate 
Louisiana State University [L.S.U.] in conjunction with Gettysburg 
College as flagship institutions which will plan this commemoration.
  The centers' goals will include cataloging Civil War archives 
nationwide and studying the war from the perspective of every 
conceivable discipline, profession, and occupation. All of this will 
enable L.S.U. and Gettysburg College to plan a sesquicentennial 
commemoration that will celebrate Civil War heritage in the North and 
South, while engaging all citizens in a study of the ways in which both 
problems and prospects of today evolved out of many facets of the Civil 
War and its legacy.
  Through these centers, we can educate the people about the Civil War. 
To quote Abraham Lincoln, ``We will hope to reach the old and the 
young, the rich and the poor, the grave and the gay, of all sexes and 
tongues, and colors and conditions.'' These two centers will, as 
students and guardians of the American past, have done the most 
important public duty of our lives, and, with the grace of God, will 
have served the peoples of the United States and the world.

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