[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 93 (Tuesday, July 18, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1259]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             A TRIBUTE TO THE PHILLIP WHITE FAMILY REUNION

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                          HON. ROBERT A. BRADY

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, July 17, 2000

  Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor a proud 
example of American family values, the Phillip White Family Reunion.
  Phillip White, Sr., was born a South Carolina slave in 1810. By 1870, 
he and his wife Elizabeth had established roots in Newnan, Corveta 
County, Georgia. They gave birth to four children during slavery, and 
one other child four years after the end of the civil war. Amazingly, 
they kept their family group together while enduring that most evil of 
institutions. Their model of love of family endures to this day.
  Since that time, the Phillip White Family has established itself in 
many states in this great nation, including Maryland, Michigan, 
Georgia, Ohio, California, Connecticut, New York, and especially in my 
own District in Philadelphia.
  Mr. Speaker, the Phillip White Family began holding its reunions on 
the fourth Sunday in July in the early 1900's in Monroe, Georgia. In 
1969, these family meetings evolved into today's Phillip White Family 
Reunion.
  Each year, the reunion is held in a different city. Fittingly, the 
first White Family Reunion of the new millennium will be held in 
America's First City, my own Philadelphia. I am proud to welcome this 
great family to our fine city and I invite all my colleagues to join me 
in honoring them today.

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