[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 121 (Friday, September 12, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Pages S9300-S9301]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   RECOGNITION OF SEAN P. ALLERTON, BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA, TROOP 189

 Mr. BREAUX. Mr. President, I would like to take this 
opportunity to recognize Sean P. Allerton, a member of the Boy Scouts 
of America's Troop 189 in New Orleans, LA. In 1992, the 102d Congress 
amended the Constitution of the United States of America by ratifying 
the 27th amendment. In doing so, thousands of Government textbooks and 
educational tools throughout the country became outdated. American 
government students around the world were retrieving information in 
libraries, in classrooms and in textbooks that reported the 
Constitution as only having 26 amendments.
  Sean Allerton recognized this lack of current information, and as his 
Eagle Scout project, decided to rectify the problem. He called upon 
numerous organizations and individuals in the New Orleans area to 
sponsor his goal of getting 6,600 copies of the new Constitution 
distributed to every American government and civics student in New 
Orleans. On August 21 of this year, he received a letter and a check 
from State District Court Judge Lloyd J. Medley, Jr., who believed in 
the importance of Sean's project and donated the financial backing to 
carry it forth.
  On September 17, mayor of New Orleans Marc Morial will hold a press 
conference to congratulate and thank

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Sean on his endeavor, and to distribute the new copies of the 
Constitution to the students of New Orleans. I, too, would like to send 
words of support and thanks from the 105th Congress to Sean P. 
Allerton, for reminding us of the value of service and the patriotism 
that strengthens this country's heart. Thank you, Sean.

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