[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 49 (Friday, April 26, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E642]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




CELEBRATING LOYALTY DAY WITH THE FOURTH DISTRICT DEPARTMENT OF VIRGINIA 
                        VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS

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                            HON. ERIC CANTOR

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 25, 2002

  Mr. CANTOR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to celebrate Loyalty Day with 
the Fourth District Department of Virginia Veterans of Foreign Wars.
  Loyalty Day, May first of each year, was designated by Congress in 
1958 as a day on which Americans could pointedly counteract Communists 
who were using the day for annual hate demonstrations against our 
nation. The idea of staging patriotic demonstrations to offset the 
Communist rallies began in 1930, and the Veterans of Foreign Wars were 
instrumental in establishing the designation of Loyalty Day. I am 
honored that such an exceptional organization resides in the seventh 
district of Virginia.
  Mr. Speaker, please join the Fourth District Department of Virginia 
Veterans of Foreign Wars and me in celebrating Loyalty Day.

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