[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 150 (Thursday, October 4, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E2068-E2069]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     CONGRATULATING MRS. JUNE LANZ

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                           HON. W. TODD AKIN

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, October 4, 2007

  Mr. AKIN. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize and honor one of 
my constituents, Mrs. June C. Jablonsky Lanz. June has been selected as 
the 2006-2007 Freedoms Foundation ``Spirit of '76--American Patriot'' 
regional award. The Freedoms Foundation is a nonprofit organization 
dedicated to teaching young people the principles upon which our Nation 
was founded. They work to convey the close links between the rights and 
the responsibilities of citizens in society.
  June is a thirty-nine-year member of the National Society of 
Daughters of the Revolution, DAR. As State Regent of the Missouri State 
Society of DAR, June successfully placed the 1809 Cold Water Cemetery 
on the U.S. Department of the Interior's Register of Historical Places 
and restored and rededicated the Madonna of the Trail Statue in 
Lexington, Missouri.
  June is a member of the Missouri Historical Society, the Freedoms 
Foundation of Valley Forge and a Friend of the St. Louis Art Museum. 
She has published a history of Missouri State Society Daughters of the 
Revolution, which includes American Revolutionary Patriots reported 
buried in Missouri. She has provided this to the National Society DAR 
and other research facilities.
  Married for 55 years, June and her husband, George Lanz, have four 
daughters and seven grandchildren.

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  As one who has a deep and abiding love for American history and the 
patriots who have gone on before us, I want to thank June Lanz for her 
commitment to preserving our history and congratulate her for being 
selected 2006-2007 Regional ``Spirit of '76--Patriot''.

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