[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 38 (Tuesday, March 16, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E389]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    HONORING GUEST CHAPLAIN, JOHN L. BEAVER, NATIONAL CHAPLAIN, THE 
                            AMERICAN LEGION

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                             HON. JO BONNER

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, March 16, 2010

  Mr. BONNER. Madam Speaker, I rise to personally welcome to the House, 
our guest chaplain, John L. Beaver of Mobile, who hails from the First 
Congressional District of Alabama.
  John L. Beaver was appointed National Chaplain of The American Legion 
on August 17, 2009, during the closing session of the 91st National 
Convention in Louisville, KY.
  A retired U.S. Air Force veteran with more than 20 years military 
service from the Vietnam War era to the time of the Lebanon/Grenada 
conflicts, Chaplain Beaver has performed religious duties at the local 
Post, District, State and National levels since joining the American 
Legion in 1989.
  Chaplain Beaver is well known and respected in South Alabama for his 
humanitarian work with an emphasis on aiding homeless persons.
  In the aftermath of the September 2005 crisis following Hurricane 
Katrina, Chaplain Beaver coordinated regional relief efforts on behalf 
of The American Legion, a fellow veterans' service organization and 
church organizations.
  He was instrumental in the operation of supply depots and 
distribution sites to aid storm victims all along the stricken Gulf 
Coast.
  A pastor assistant and Sunday school superintendent, Chaplain 
Beaver's primary ministry is the visitation of--and care for--shut-ins 
at area hospitals, assisted living facilities, veteran's homes and 
homeless shelters through the ministries of the Fowl River and 
Kingswood United Methodist Churches in the Mobile, Alabama area.
  I join my colleagues in welcoming Chaplain Beaver to the U.S. House 
and in thanking him for his service to our veterans and our community.

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