[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 77 (Wednesday, June 12, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Page S5450]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




COMMENDING MELISSA BROWN, KAITIE COCHRANE AND LINDSAY JANS ON NATIONAL 
                              HISTORY DAY

 Mr. WELLSTONE. Mr. President, today I would like to commend 
Melissa Brown, Kaitie Cochrane, and Lindsay Jans for their hard work, 
dedication, and creativity in the study of history. They have earned 
the admiration of their families, their community, their teacher, Huy 
Nguyen, and their school, Sunrise Park Middle School. These students 
have been selected by the National History Day program to present their 
performance, ``Separate But Not Equal,'' at the National Museum of 
American History on June 12, 2002. To be ranked by the National History 
Day program among the 2000 students chosen to join the national 
competition is an impressive honor, and to be one of only 17 groups 
selected from over half a million participants to present at the 
National Museum of American History is an incredible achievement 
indeed.
  The National History Day Contest is the Nation's oldest and one of 
the most highly regarded humanities contests for students in middle and 
high school. The experience that Kaitie, Lindsay, and Melissa have 
gained through their NHD project using primary resources and 
participating in hands-on activities will last them for the rest of 
their lives. The more than 9 million students who have participated in 
the NHD program have gone on to careers in business, law, medicine, 
teaching, and countless other disciplines in which they are putting 
into practice the thinking and investigative approach fostered through 
the National History Day program. I want to thank these students for 
representing Minnesota along with only thirteen other States at the 
National Museum of American History today. The kind of leadership and 
perseverance Lindsay, Melissa, and Kaitie have exhibited will carry the 
theme of this year's National History Day Contest, ``Revolution, 
Reaction, and Reform in History,'' into the next generation. I wish 
them the best of luck both in the upcoming competition and in their 
future endeavors. I thank them for their hard work and their commitment 
to learning and sharing their knowledge with other students from across 
the country.

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