[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 79 (Thursday, May 21, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H5897]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        CELEBRATING MEMORIAL DAY

  (Ms. GIFFORDS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Ms. GIFFORDS. Mr. Speaker, it is with great respect that I rise today 
to honor and recognize our Nation's military and their families. As 
Memorial Day approaches, we remember the sacrifices of daily military 
life, but we also remember the legacy of service that blazed the trails 
of the American West and the avenues of freedom around the world.
  Last weekend we laid to rest the bodies of 57 Tucson-area Civil War 
soldiers who were stationed in the Arizona Territory in the 1800s. They 
served in the Cavalry and the infantry as cooks and as scouts on the 
frontlines of American expansion. As we led the motorcycle escort to 
their final resting place near Fort Huachuca and Sierra Vista, hundreds 
of our Nation's veterans and supporters showed through their outpouring 
of patriotism that the underpinnings of Memorial Day are important 
every single day.
  I ask my colleagues to join me in remembering all of the 
servicemembers and their families who have sacrificed for our great 
Nation both abroad and here at home.

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