[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 188 (Thursday, November 29, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H9701]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  EMANCIPATION NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAIL

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, the Nation loves its history. We in 
Texas love our history. Today, I rise to encourage and to announce the 
legislation that reflects history.
  H.R. 4745, to designate the Emancipation National Historic Trail, is 
a wonderful legislative initiative that reflects history in the State 
of Texas and throughout the Nation.
  We are all reminded of the Emancipation Proclamation that was issued 
in 1863. We know that there were areas of the South that did not get 
the word that the slaves were free for 2 years.
  Earlier this week, I celebrated the commemoration of the birthday of 
the Honorable Mickey Leland, who died some years ago alongside an 
Ethiopian mountain while attempting to feed those struggling. But he 
believed in stopping food insecurity.
  In honor of him, reflecting on the history of our community, I ask my 
colleagues to sign on to H.R. 4745 because it recounts the announcement 
by Captain Granger that the slaves were finally free in Texas and 
throughout the Southwest, and creates a wonderful trail that all of us 
can enjoy that chronicles the story from Galveston to Houston.
  Mr. Speaker, this is legislation that says that America can accept 
all of our history, and I ask you to join H.R. 4745.

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