[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 99 (Friday, July 16, 2004)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1395]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    HONORING THE WILMA RUDOLPH STAMP

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                         HON. MARSHA BLACKBURN

                              of tennessee

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 15, 2004

  Mrs. BLACKBURN.  Mr. Speaker, today I rise to honor the new Wilma 
Rudolph stamp that is now being issued by the U.S. Postal Service.
  Wilma Rudolph was a native of Clarksville, Tennessee and an Olympic 
gold medallist. As a child, she battled polio; and she won. This was 
just one of her many ``wins.'' At the 1960 Olympic games, she won three 
gold medals in track and field, a truly amazing feat--especially for 
one who'd been afflicted by polio. In 1983, she was inducted into the 
U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame.
  I thank Mayor Don Trotter and Clarksville Postmaster Wayne Scott for 
submitting Wilma's name for consideration for this honor.
  This stamp is a fitting reminder of her accomplishments, and I know 
that many Tennesseans will be purchasing her stamp when it is released 
in her old neighborhood of St. Bethlehem.

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