[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 82 (Tuesday, May 24, 2016)]
[House]
[Pages H2971-H2972]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ESSAY COMPETITION

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, I am grateful to have held 
an essay competition for elementary school students throughout the 
Second Congressional District of South Carolina. The ``Smiling Faces, 
Beautiful Places'' essay competition received

[[Page H2972]]

over 125 submissions where the students described their favorite moment 
in South Carolina history.
  Helen Miller, a third grade student at Brennen Elementary School in 
Columbia, wrote a winning essay on the Revolutionary Battle of 
Charleston that took place in 1780. Jack Hinchey, a third grade student 
at Heathwood Hall Episcopal School, wrote his winning essay on the 
pirate Blackbeard.
  I appreciate all of the other schools that submitted essays to the 
``Smiling Faces, Beautiful Places'' essay competition: Pontiac 
Elementary, Chapin Elementary, Gilbert Elementary, Forts Pond, 
Timmerman, Lake Carolina, Midway, and Round Top Elementary.
  I am inspired to represent so many remarkable young people and 
dedicated educators in the Second Congressional District, and I was 
humbled to receive so many submissions.
  In conclusion, God bless our troops, and may the President, by his 
actions, never forgot September the 11th in the global war on 
terrorism.

                          ____________________