[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 111 (Tuesday, September 19, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1525]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             TRIBUTE TO PERRY HALL ON ITS 225TH ANNIVERSARY

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                        HON. BENJAMIN L. CARDIN

                              of maryland

                    in the house of representatives

                      Tuesday, September 19, 2000

  Mr. CARDIN. Mr. Speaker, today I pay tribute to a very special 
community located in Maryland's 3rd Congressional District. The Perry 
Hall community is celebrating its 225th anniversary this year.
  Perry Hall is a thriving, suburban community of 40,000 residents 
located 10 miles northeast of Baltimore City. It was founded in 1775 by 
Harry Dorsey Gough, who purchased a 1,000-acre estate called The 
Adventure. He renamed it Perry Hall after his family's home near 
Birmingham, England. On that site he built a mansion that became known 
for magnificent gardens and distinctive architecture.
  In the years during and after the Civil War, German and Irish 
families began to settle in the community surrounding the mansion. 
These families worked hard and developed a thriving dairy and nursery 
industry. In 1875, Eli Slifer and William Meredith bought the ``Perry 
Hall'' property, divided it and sold lots to immigrant families, who 
then began raising ``stoop crops'' such as celery and carrots.
  Perry Hall began its transformation from rural hamlet to suburban 
community in the years following World War II. Brick bungalows were 
built for returning GI's and their brides. New schools were built to 
serve their growing families and the first shopping center arrived in 
1961.
  In 1981, the transformation was completed with construction of White 
Marsh Mall. While the farms and forests of Perry Hall have been 
replaced by housing developments, shopping centers and new businesses, 
the most important part of Perry Hall still remains: its friendliness 
and warmth.
  This year, Perry Hall has celebrated it's 225th year with a series of 
events, picnics and concerts. The Perry Hall Improvement Association 
will cap off this anniversary year with the Millennium Ball on Nov. 3, 
2000.
  I ask my colleagues to join me in expressing congratulations to all 
who live in Perry Hall, Maryland, and in wishing them the best on this 
historic anniversary.

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