[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 114 (Tuesday, July 30, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1400]
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                        PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN

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                     HON. HOWARD P. ``BUCK'' McKEON

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 30, 1996

  Mr. McKEON. Mr. Speaker, I recently completed my latest series of 
town meetings across California's 25th Congressional District. These 
meetings not only provide my constituents the opportunity to discuss 
issues of national and local concern, but they give me the chance to 
meet and interact with the citizens I represent as well. Recently, I 
had the honor of meeting Mr. Howard F. Simmon of Lancaster, CA. Mr. 
Simon had never before been to a town hall meeting, yet managed to 
attend this latest round of discussions. His dedication to this Nation 
is embodied in a poem he presented me at this latest series of 
meetings. I would like to read that poem today.

     Justly be proud of America,
     ``Tis all that it is, and more,
     The land of the free,
     And the home of the brave,
     As 'twas said in the olden lore;
     So justly be proud of America,
     And rest on it, it's true,
     Where the sky spans o'er,
     From shore to shore
     It's a beautiful land,
     A wonderful land,
     The land of the free, and more.

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