[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 35 (Wednesday, March 9, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E442]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     IN HONOR OF THOMAS G. MASARYK

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                        HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, March 9, 2011

  Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of Thomas G. Masaryk 
and in commemoration of the statue that is being dedicated in his honor 
at the Bohemian National Hall in Cleveland.
  Thomas Masaryk was both the founder and the first president of the 
Czechoslovak Republic. The Czechoslovak Republic was established in 
1918 in the aftermath of the First World War; Thomas made two visits to 
Cleveland in his lifetime, one in 1902 and another in 1918 where he 
spoke at the National Bohemian Hall.
  The statue is a plaster cast of a similar statue that is located in 
the Czech Cultural Garden at Rockefeller Park. The statue's curator, 
Frank L. Jarouch, has been a Cleveland resident all of his life and 
originally dedicated the statue to the Czech Garden in 1961.
  Mr. Speaker and colleagues, please rise with me today in honor and 
recognition of the dedication of this statue of Thomas G. Masaryk. It 
is a benefit to the community that stands in memory of a man who chose 
to make a difference with his life.

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