[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 85 (Thursday, May 22, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1035]
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   HONORING THE SERVICE AND THE MEMORY OF REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIER 
                          PRIVATE MARTIN MANEY

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                           HON. HEATH SHULER

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, May 21, 2008

  Mr. SHULER. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor the service and the 
memory of Revolutionary War Soldier Private Martin Maney of Buncombe 
County, North Carolina.
  Each year on Memorial Day, our Nation honors the service and 
sacrifice of all veterans. On Saturday, May 17, 2008, in the Western 
North Carolina town of Barnardsville, the memory of Private Martin 
Maney, a Revolutionary War Soldier, was honored by the dedication of an 
official Veterans Administration headstone. The unveiling ceremony was 
conducted by the Edward Buncombe Chapter of the National Society of the 
Daughters of the American Revolution, the Blue Ridge Chapter of the 
North Carolina Society of the Sons of the American Revolution and the 
Button Gwinnett Chapter of the Georgia Society of the Sons of the 
American Revolution.
  Private Martin Maney was a true American patriot and a proud North 
Carolinian. He served under Captain James Knox in the Eighth Virginia 
Regiment of Foot. He fought in the Battles of White Plains, New York, 
Germantown, Pennsylvania, and Monmouth, New Jersey prior to being 
discharged at Valley Forge. Following his discharge, he enlisted with 
the North Carolina Militia where he provided personal security for 
North Carolina Generals who were receiving death threats from the 
Tories. Following his service, Private Martin Maney received the 294th 
Land Grant in North Carolina. He used that land to create a farm, where 
today the Maney cemetery exists and Private Maney has been laid to 
rest.
  It is with great respect that I commend and remember this brave 
soldier who joined hands with countless other patriots to achieve 
American independence. I hope that today's generation of young men and 
women will follow the shining example of patriotism and dedication to 
freedom modeled by Private Martin Maney and other Revolutionary War 
heroes.

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