[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 139 (Tuesday, August 27, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1074]
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 COMMEMORATING THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD, TENNESSEE, ON ITS BICENTENNIAL 
                              ANNIVERSARY

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                           HON. JOHN W. ROSE

                              of tennessee

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, August 27, 2019

  Mr. JOHN W. ROSE of Tennessee. Madam Speaker, I rise today to 
recognize the City of Springfield, Tennessee, in honor of its 200th 
anniversary. Springfield is the county seat of Robertson County, 
located just north of Nashville and just south of the Tennessee-
Kentucky border.
  With a little over 16,000 citizens, Springfield has regularly 
demonstrated exactly what it means to be a tight-knit community. This 
town is built on a solid foundation of hard work, agricultural acumen, 
and family values, and it has continued to show these unwavering 
attributes over the course of its long history.
  Although Springfield was not incorporated until 1819, the first 
General Assembly of Tennessee gave a county seat identified as 
Springfield to Robertson County in 1796. Two years later, in 1798, the 
town was established under this name.
  Since the early eighteenth century, agriculture has played a large 
role in Springfield's development, and it continues to provide many 
employment opportunities for its citizens. Thanks to its rich soil, 
Springfield thrives in the production of hay, corn, and wheat, but is 
best known for its production of tobacco. In fact, in 1928, Springfield 
was labeled as the ``Home of the World's Finest Dark Fired Tobacco.''
  I hope that my House colleagues will join me in celebrating this 
bicentennial achievement of Springfield, Tennessee. The town and its 
residents have continued to show the strong faith and values of 
Tennessee since the days when its first courthouse was built of hand-
hewn logs. I wish Springfield and its citizens much prosperity and 
happiness over its next 200 years and beyond.

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