[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 75 (Thursday, June 11, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1122]
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        THE NATIONAL UNDERGROUND RAILROAD NETWORK TO FREEDOM ACT

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                        HON. ALBERT RUSSELL WYNN

                              of maryland

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 11, 1998

  Mr. WYNN. Mr. Speaker, I would like to commend a group of students in 
my district for their support of the National Underground Railroad 
Network to Freedom Act, which passed the House earlier this week. One 
hundred and eighteen students of the Law and Public Policy Program of 
Largo High School in Prince George's County, Maryland, fifty three 
students of the Law and Public Policy Program and African American 
History Classes at Potomac High School in Prince George's County, 
Maryland, and one hundred and twenty-six students of the Saturday 
Academy of the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self-Development 
signed onto petitions to show their support for S. 887, which is the 
Senate version of the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom 
Act.
  All three of these petitions advocate an affirmative vote for this 
legislation and express the following sentiment in support of this 
legislation:

       This legislation would establish the National Underground 
     Railroad Network to Freedom, a way to preserve and link 
     Underground Railroad sites nationwide for the first time, 
     under the auspices of the National Park Service. It will also 
     allow the Park Service to enter into innovative public-
     private partnership's with local and privately held sites and 
     interpretive centers. The purpose of the underground railroad 
     is twofold: Our challenge is to first, educate all people 
     concerning this important episode in American History; and 
     second, to bring our country together by facing the lingering 
     vestiges of our nation's dehumanizing past, so that we can 
     find common ground and move forward as one people. More than 
     ever these two endeavors are inseparable.

     

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