[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 144 (Tuesday, September 10, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H7587]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           COMMENDING EAGLE THEATER IN HAMMONTON, NEW JERSEY

  (Mr. VAN DREW asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. VAN DREW. Madam Speaker, the New Jersey Fringe Festival is hosted 
by the local Eagle Theater in Hammonton in southern New Jersey.
  The festival is a driver in the cultural boom taking place in this 
town. The Eagle Theater is south Jersey's only year-round professional 
Equity theater and is dedicated to redefining regional theater through 
innovation, enlightened production techniques, and the development of 
eclectic theatrics.
  The Eagle Theater originally opened its doors in 1914 as a silent 
movie theater and was a playhouse from 1914 until 1944. Since then, the 
theater has built itself to be an award-winning, culturally diverse 
epicenter boasting state-of-the-art technical equipment and hosting a 
core of theming artists dedicated to experimental storytelling through 
medium-advancing technology.
  It enriches south Jersey culturally and creatively, and I commend 
them for what they do. South Jersey is proud of them; New Jersey is 
proud of them; and the United States of America is proud of them.
  Congratulations.

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