[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 113 (Thursday, August 1, 2013)]
[Senate]
[Page S6197]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         WARREN, NEW HAMPSHIRE

 Mrs. SHAHEEN. Madam President, today I wish to celebrate the 
250th anniversary of Warren, NH. Situated in the White Mountain region 
just south of Franconia Notch, residents of Warren are surrounded by 
stunning wooded scenery that is quintessential North Country. Warren is 
a truly perfect example of small town New Hampshire.
  In 1763, Gov. Benning Wentworth granted a tract of land to John Page, 
who settled on this land 4 years later. The area would be officially 
incorporated in 1770 by Benning Wentworth's nephew and successor, Gov. 
John Wentworth. Warren is one of two towns in New England that were 
named for Admiral Sir Peter Warren of County Meath, Ireland. Admiral 
Warren, a high ranking officer in the British Royal Navy, commanded a 
fleet that joined forces from Massachusetts to lay siege and capture 
the fort at Louisbourg, Nova Scotia in 1745. This victory united the 
colonies against Canada, as well as providing them with crucial fishing 
and fur trading rights.
  For the better half of the 20th century, the Glencliff State 
Sanatorium operated in the village of Glencliff in Warren. Before the 
advent of antibiotics, it was thought that the thin, pure mountain air 
of the North Country could cure tuberculosis, and nearly 4,000 patients 
sought respite and cure in the White Mountains facility until its 
closing and conversion to Glencliff Home for the Elderly in 1970. While 
modern medicine has advanced by leaps and bounds, we certainly 
understand why a patient would seek the serene beauty of the North 
Country as a cure for any ill.
  Warren's most famous landmark is a Redstone Ballistics Missile, which 
stands in the center of the village green today. These missiles were 
commissioned by the U.S. Army in West Germany during the Cold War as 
defense against the former Soviet Union and were the first to carry 
live nuclear warheads. This decommissioned missile was placed in the 
center of town to honor Senator Norris Cotton, a Warren native who 
served a long career in both the New Hampshire General Court and the 
United States Congress.
  I honor Warren's sestercentennial and congratulate its residents on 
this important milestone.

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