[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 153 (Thursday, September 13, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H8176]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        HONORING LOGAN S. PALMER

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
Illinois (Mr. Rodney Davis) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois. Madam Speaker, I rise today to remember 
Petty Officer Logan Palmer of Harristown, Illinois, who was tragically 
lost in the accident last August aboard USS John S. McCain.
  Logan knew early that he wanted to serve his country. After he 
graduated from Sangamon Valley High School and Richland Community 
College, he enlisted in the Navy as an interior communications 
electrician.
  Petty Officer Logan Palmer died serving and protecting our country, 
and for that, we remain eternally grateful.
  Today, the House will vote on a bill to designate Harristown's post 
office in Logan's hometown of Harristown, Illinois, a small rural 
community in Macon County, Illinois, as the Logan S. Palmer Post 
Office.
  Although I never had the honor of meeting Logan, I have since come to 
know his parents, Theresa and Sid, and I was honored they were able to 
join me when I introduced this bill earlier this year. While they sat 
in the gallery, I was able to drop that piece of paper in the box to 
introduce this bill to the floor of the House, and I am honored today 
to ask my colleagues to join me in passing this important legislation 
to honor one of America's heroes.
  Designating this post office will not only honor Logan's service, but 
serve as a grave reminder of the risks that our servicemembers take on 
each day and the responsibilities we have to them as a country.
  It is my privilege to be able to honor Logan today, but, again, it is 
not why we are here. Many times this chamber will be criticized for 
naming post offices, naming public buildings, but, again, let us 
remember the sacrifices that many of those who those buildings are 
named after made for the freedoms and the liberties that many of us in 
this country take for granted every day.
  When Logan joined the Navy, no one in his hometown, let alone his 
family, thought that he would sacrifice so much for the freedom and 
liberty of our great country.
  It is my honor to honor Logan S. Palmer with this bill today, and his 
name will live forever on his local post office.

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