[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 132 (Tuesday, September 16, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1416-E1417]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




RECOGNIZING THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION AS THEY HONOR THE 
     TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DRAFTING OF THE 
              CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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                          HON. TOM McCLINTOCK

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Tuesday, September 16, 2014

  Mr. McCLINTOCK. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in recognition of the 
National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Gold 
Trail chapter and Sierra Amador chapter, as they celebrate the two 
hundred twenty-seventh anniversary of the drafting of the Constitution 
of the United States of America.
   The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution was 
founded in 1890 with the mission of promoting historic preservation, 
education, and patriotism.
   The Gold Trail and Sierra Amador chapters include members across 
California's fourth district. The Gold Trail chapter has 154 members--
some of whom are direct descendants of the Founding Fathers--residing 
in Roseville, Rocklin, Lincoln, Loomis, Granite Bay, and Folsom. The 
Sierra Amador chapter has more than 70 members residing in Amador, 
Calaveras, and surrounding counties.
   I rise to join the Gold Trail and Sierra Amador chapters of the 
Daughters of the American Revolution in observing ``Constitution Week'' 
from September 17 through September 23. This week will be dedicated to 
paying tribute to our foundational document and the freedom that it 
continues to enshrine two hundred twenty-seven years after its 
drafting.
   Mr. Speaker, Daniel Webster charged that our nation must ``Hold on . 
. . to the Constitution and to the Republic for which it stands. 
Miracles do not cluster and what has happened once in 6,000 years, may 
not happen again. Hold on to the Constitution, for if the American 
Constitution should fail, there will be anarchy throughout the world.'' 
It is groups like the Gold Trail and Sierra Amador chapters who are 
heeding Webster's charge and preserving the Constitution for future 
generations.
   The Constitution of the United States of America ensures through the 
written law that the individual liberties of all Americans are 
protected and preserved, and it is my privilege to rise in recognition 
of the Gold Trail and Sierra Amador chapters' efforts to honor this 
anniversary with a weeklong tribute.

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