[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 104 (Wednesday, July 27, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1643]
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          CONGRATULATING THE LAKE HOPATCONG HISTORICAL SOCIETY

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                      HON. RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 27, 2005

  Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. Speaker, today to honor the Lake Hopatcong 
Historical Society, in my Congressional District. The Historical 
Society is celebrating fifty years of protecting documents and 
artifacts for the community and promoting education and historic 
preservation.
  The actual creation of the Lake Hopatcong Historical Society occurred 
on August 10, 1955, at the Langdon Arms Restaurant with eight people in 
attendance. From the beginning, the members' goal was to establish a 
museum for the lake.
  From the original eight individuals who attended the first meeting in 
1955, the society grew to 150 members by the time the museum opened in 
1965. In the early 1960s the State of New Jersey moved forward with 
plans for a new administration building at Hopatcong State Park. The 
park was on land which was previously owned by the Morris Canal and 
Banking Company. When the canal was abandoned in the 1920s, the 98 
acres around the Lake Hopatcong dam were set aside as a state park.
  Today, with nearly 800 members, the organization continues to follow 
its mission ``to collect, house, and preserve artifacts and documents 
relating to the civil, political, social and general history of Lake 
Hopatcong and to encourage the education and dissemination of 
information about Lake Hopatcong's history.''
  Mr. Speaker, I urge you and my colleagues to join me in 
congratulating the Lake Hopatcong Historical Society, its trustees and 
all of its outstanding members and volunteers, upon celebrating its 
50th Anniversary.

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