[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 91 (Thursday, June 24, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1398]
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                           CELEBRATE THE PAST

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                         HON. PETER A. DeFAZIO

                               of oregon

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 24, 1999

  Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Speaker, one of my constituents, Margaret Ingram of 
Albany, Oregon, has made it a personal crusade to encourage people to 
keep journals and otherwise record the events of their lives. The 
following bill was introduced in the Oregon Legislature at Ms. Ingram's 
request. In honor of her efforts and to advance the pursuit of journal 
and diary-keeping, I would like to insert the text of that resolution 
in the Congressional Record.

                  OREGON HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 8


 Encourages citizens of state to observe Memoir Trail 2000: Celebrate 
                               the Past.

       Whereas history is an account of the past events of all 
     persons, individuals, families and communities; and
       Whereas historians are writers of history, preparers of 
     records and finders of past events, and the people of Oregon 
     and the United States are historians; and
       Whereas history informs, measures change, preserves a way 
     of life and shares stories, legends and tales; and
       Whereas today's Oregonians are the proud inheritors of a 
     trail of personal stories that winds through the past 
     century; and
       Whereas recording and collecting memoirs will help preserve 
     the past for future generations; and
       Whereas the year 2000 will mark the end of the 20th Century 
     and the beginning of another 100 years; now, therefore,
       Be It Resolved by the Legislative Assembly of the State of 
     Oregon:
       That we, the members of the Seventieth Legislative 
     Assembly, encourage all citizens to observe Memoir Trail 
     2000: Celebrate the Past.

     

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