[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 130 (Tuesday, October 17, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1812]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                 CELEBRATING THE BIRTHDAY OF NANCY LONG

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                       HON. CONSTANCE A. MORELLA

                              of maryland

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, October 17, 2000

  Mrs. MORELLA. Mr. Speaker, I honor my constituent, Nancy Long, on the 
occasion of her seventy-second birthday. Nancy Long has been 
continuously dedicated to community and civic service for, perhaps, 
longer than anyone in Glen Echo and Montgomery County, Maryland. Ms. 
Long was first elected to the Glen Echo Town Council in 1969, and 
reelected every four years thereafter.
  Early on, she was appointed as Town liaison to the National Park 
Service for the C&O Canal National Historical Park, Glen Echo Park, 
Clara Barton Historic Site, and the George Washington Memorial Parkway. 
Her efforts have been and continue to be tireless in the pursuit of 
preservation of the Park, conservation of the Canal, and protection of 
the Town's environs.
  Ms. Long has been a volunteer at Glen Echo Park since 1970 and, in 
1986, became one of three original founders of the Glen Echo Park 
Foundation. She has been reelected to that Board each term since its 
inception. She organized and directed a successful fund raising 
campaign to save the Park's beloved Dentzel Carousel, which today is 
enjoyed by children and adults. This historic artifact is admired by 
preservationists for its spectacular and painstaking restoration work. 
The attention to preserving the Park and the existence of the Carousel 
today, is in no small measure to Nancy's tireless efforts. Her work 
continues on the Montgomery County Glen Echo Park Working Group, which 
has been studying the future of the Park and its cultural and arts 
programs.
  In 1975, Ms. Long was selected by then Congressman Gilbert Gude as 
one of 25 individuals to travel the entire length of the C&O Canal to 
call attention to the Canal's importance and need for the preservation 
and conservation of its resources. She is currently one of two 
Montgomery County representatives to the C&O Canal National Historical 
Park Advisory Commission. Nancy Long has walked the 184 mile length of 
the Canal four times, the latest trek occurring in the spring of 2000.
  Ms. Long has also served extensively on other boards and commissions. 
Just a few additional ports on which she served, are: Potomac Valley 
League, the Montgomery County Committee of the Maryland Historical 
Trust, and the Potomac River Basin Consortium.
  Ms. Long's 72nd birthday will be celebrated by her friends and Glen 
Echo neighbors today, October 17, 2000. I am proud that she expects to 
continue her work on behalf of community, conservation, and 
preservation.

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