[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 69 (Friday, May 9, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E898]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               THE DEDICATION OF THE BROOKSVILLE CEMETERY

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                         HON. GINNY BROWN-WAITE

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 8, 2003

  Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor 
of the work of a few historians in my Fifth Congressional District of 
Florida. The hard work and detailed research of these individuals 
resulted in a gravesite in the Brooksville City Cemetery in my district 
being designated as a Historical Landmark in the State of Florida.
  The oldest gravesite in the Brooksville City Cemetery belongs to a 
woman named Charlotte Wynn Pyles Crum who was a member of an early 
Florida pioneering family and was killed shortly after the close of the 
Second Seminole Indian War.
  Ms. Crum was traveling in the Brooksville area in 1842 along with her 
daughter and granddaughter when their group was fired upon by a band of 
Seminole Indians who were unaware of the war's end. All survived the 
attack except for Ms. Crum, whose death received sensationalized 
attention.
  After much research about Ms. Crum's unusual death, the Division of 
Historical Resources within the Florida Department of State declared 
Ms. Crum's gravesite a Historical Landmark. At a ceremony this weekend, 
the cemetery will unveil a plaque in honor of the gravesite's 
distinction.
  The Brooksville City Cemetery is in its own right a historical site 
because it is the final resting place for soldiers killed in the Civil 
War, the Spanish American War, World War I, World War II, the Korean 
War, and other national conflicts.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask you to join me in honoring the cemetery, the work 
of the Florida Historical Resources Division and all those who made 
this weekend's dedication possible and brought Ms. Crum's gravesite the 
distinction it deserves.

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