[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 115 (Friday, July 15, 2016)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1149]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  HONORING ALICE MARY MOORE'S EIGHTIETH BIRTHDAY AND SIXTIETH WEDDING 
                              ANNIVERSARY

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                         HON. THOMAS J. ROONEY

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 14, 2016

  Mr. ROONEY of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the 
incredible life of Alice Mary Moore, who will celebrate her 80th 
birthday on July 17, 2016. Alice's parents immigrated from County 
Antrim and County Longford, Ireland to Queens, New York where they 
raised a strong-willed Irishwoman with a sharp sense of humor. At age 
20, she met Charles Moore and they married a few weeks later in the 
Upper West side of Manhattan at the Roman Catholic Church of the 
Ascension. Charles later joined the United States Army and his proud 
service as a cook brought him and Alice to overseas posts in Germany 
and Kenya and to domestic posts across the United States. Throughout 
these adventures, she gave birth to five amazing children before she 
and Charles eventually settled in Virginia. Undoubtedly, these 
experiences instilled in Alice her intense and unyielding zest for life 
that is as vibrant today as ever. This year, Alice will have celebrated 
both her 80th birthday and her 60th year of marriage surrounded by her 
loving friends and family dancing at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 
1503 and enjoying life in a fancy hat at a beautiful vineyard in 
Virginia. On behalf of her grandchildren, I am honored to recognize the 
incredible life of Alice Mary Moore on the floor of the U.S. House of 
Representatives.

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