[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 148 (Wednesday, October 14, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E2519-E2520]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  HONORING VIRGINIA HOUSE SPEAKER WILLIAM J. HOWELL FOR RECEIVING THE 
                 CARRINGTON WILLIAMS PRESERVATION AWARD

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                           HON. FRANK R. WOLF

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, October 14, 2009

  Mr. WOLF. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize Virginia House 
Speaker William J. Howell for receiving the Carrington Williams 
Preservation Award. The Carrington Williams Preservation Award is 
presented by the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation to an 
individual whose accomplishments in furthering the cause of 
preservation have been noteworthy and will be long-lasting. This year, 
the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation selected a Virginian of 
remarkable accomplishments for the Commonwealth and to the 
preservationist cause to receive this award.
  The award is made in honor of Carrington Williams, whose dedication 
to preservation, especially Civil War battlefields, is well known. He 
served as chairman of the predecessor organization to the Civil War 
Preservation Trust, the Association for Preservation of Civil War 
Sites. He was chairman of the federal commission that wrote the 
management plan for the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields National 
Historic District, and he served as the founding chairman of this 
organization.

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  The Honorable William J. Howell is the 54th Speaker of the Virginia 
House of Delegates, a nearly 400-year old institution and the oldest 
continuously elected law-making body in the world. First elected a 
delegate in 1987, he represents the 28th House District which includes 
parts of Stafford County and the City of Fredericksburg.
  In addition to his noteworthy legislative contributions to public 
education and public safety, the 2007 enactment of his legislation for 
historic land use changes were supported by statewide and regional 
funding of roads, railroads, and transit. He has been a strong 
supporter of restoring the Chesapeake Bay and also led the effort to 
enact Virginia's national model program for preserving open spaces 
using free market principles. He has stood firmly with battlefield 
preservationists in many of their efforts, including those at Slaughter 
Pen Farm in Fredericksburg, as well as more recently at the Wilderness. 
And his leadership enabled the General Assembly to appropriate $5 
million in state funding for Civil War battlefield preservation.
  Speaker Howell is chairman of the Virginia Sesquicentennial American 
Civil War Commission that is now preparing to mark the 150th 
Anniversary in 2011 of Virginia's entry into the Civil War. He has been 
twice honored by the Civil War Preservation Trust with its State 
Leadership Award. He was one of the overseers of the recent State 
Capitol renovations as well as one of the leaders in organizing the 
commemoration in 2007 of America's 400th Anniversary at Jamestown.

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