[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 83 (Friday, May 30, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E897]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       HONORING DAVID FREEMAN AND PROCLAIMING WILLIAM B. IDE DAY

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                           HON. DOUG LaMALFA

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                          Friday, May 30, 2014

  Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize William Brown 
Ide, the leader of the 1846 Bear Flag Revolt, and the only President of 
the California Republic. After California's annexation into the United 
States, Mr. Ide served as a Probate and County Judge, Presiding Judge 
of the Court of Sessions, County Recorder, County Auditor, County 
Clerk, County Treasurer, Deputy County Surveyor and Deputy Sheriff of 
Colusi County.
   Mr. Ide passed away in December of 1852 with only a wooden grave 
marker that disappeared shortly thereafter. It is thanks to a local 
man, David Freeman that Mr. Ide's gravestones have been corrected after 
he collected funding from various organizations and did much of the 
labor himself.
   In just over a week, on June 7th, 2014, the new gravesite for Mr. 
William Brown Ide will be unveiled. I would like to thank Mr. Freeman 
for his work to ensure that important historical figures like William 
Brown Ide are remembered, as is the history of the great state of 
California.

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