[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 129 (Friday, September 21, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1615]
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                    CUMBERLAND VALLEY ATHLETIC CLUB

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                        HON. ROSCOE G. BARTLETT

                              of maryland

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, September 21, 2012

  Mr. BARTLETT. Mr. Speaker, in November of this year, the members of 
the Cumberland Valley Athletic Club will once again answer President 
John F. Kennedy's challenge to promote national physical fitness and 
hold the 50th annual JFK 50 Mile run.
  This run also answered another President's challenge; Theodore 
Roosevelt issued an executive order to challenge the United States 
Marine Officers to run 50 miles in 20 hours; The JFK 50 Mile run, the 
nation's oldest ultra marathon attracts 2000 runners and thousands more 
to cheer on the participants to one of the most beautiful parts of the 
sixth district of Maryland, Washington County.
  At the inception of the JFK 50 Mile, all members of the United States 
Armed Forces have always been welcome and have met this challenge by 
former Presidents Kennedy and Roosevelt over this historic course 
marked by the history of the Nation over the Appalachian Trail and the 
C & 0 Canal passing over hallowed ground near Crampton's Gap, Maryland, 
Weaverton Cliffs, Maryland, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, and Antietam 
Battlefield.
  On the 50th Anniversary of the JFK 50 Mile run, I would like to send 
our best wishes for another successful run to the Cumberland Valley 
Athletic Club and those members who make this event one of the premiere 
athletic events in the nation.

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