[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 85 (Thursday, June 7, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1018]
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                   IN RECOGNITION OF THE HARVEY HOUSE

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                             HON. SAM FARR

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, June 7, 2012

  Mr. FARR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the Santa Lucia 
Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution 
and the historic Harvey House in Salinas, California. The Harvey House 
was built in 1868 by the first Mayor of Salinas, Isaac Julian Harvey. 
It has served, among other functions, as the principal Salinas Valley 
meeting location for the Santa Lucia Chapter for the last seventy five 
years. Mayor Harvey's daughter, Mabel Harvey, helped to found the Santa 
Lucia chapter and opened the Harvey House for the chapter's first 
meeting on October 31, 1938. Mabel's daughter Helen Currie, in turn 
served as the Santa Lucia Chapter's organizing Regent. On June 9, 2012, 
the Santa Lucia Chapter will place a plaque commemorating its 
longstanding relationship with this historic property, and in so doing 
commemorate the important place that the Salinas Valley holds in the 
history of California, and indeed, the nation.
  The Daughters of the American Revolution, founded in 1890 and 
headquartered in Washington, D.C., is a non-profit, non-political 
volunteer women's service organization dedicated to promoting 
patriotism, preserving American history, and securing America's future 
through better education for children. DAR members volunteer more than 
250,000 hours annually to veteran patients, award thousands of dollars 
in scholarships and financial aid each year to students, and support 
schools for underserved children with annual donations exceeding one 
million dollars. As one of the most inclusive genealogical societies in 
the country, DAR boasts 170,000 members in 3,000 chapters across the 
United States and internationally.
  Mr. Speaker, in closing, I want to thank the Santa Lucia Chapter of 
the Daughters of the American Revolution for its work and for honoring 
this important landmark of Salinas history.

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