[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 61 (Wednesday, May 17, 2006)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E858]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LIVONIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY IN LIVONIA, MICHIGAN

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                       HON. THADDEUS G. McCOTTER

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, May 17, 2006

  Mr. McCOTTER. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to honor and recognize the 
50th anniversary of the Livonia Historical Society in Livonia, 
Michigan.
  For five decades, the Livonia Historical Society has worked to 
preserve the historical and cultural heritage of our community. 
Initially founded in 1956 by Gladys and Don Ryder in the Bentley High 
School library, the Livonia Historical Society serves as guardian over 
Livonia's original buildings, museums, and homes.
  The Livonia Historical Society's extraordinary accomplishments 
include preserving the Quaker House; and naming a library after 
prominent Livonia engineer Alfred Noble; and developing the 160-acre 
Greenmead historical village, which contains the 1820 estate of Joshua 
Simmons, an 1841 Greek Revival farmhouse, a one-room school house, and 
a generall store. Further, the Livonia Historical Society has collected 
and protected ancestral records and artifacts; educated the public 
about the history of Livonia; and held fundraisers to support 
restorative projects on Quaker Acres.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in congratulating my 
hometown's Livonia Historial Society for its first 50 years of noble 
civic service; and in extending our best wishes as they embark upon 
their next 50 years of preserving our community's uncommon legacy--and, 
in the process, selflessly affirming their own.

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