[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 149 (Tuesday, September 17, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1159]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  RECOGNITION OF REVEREND DEBBIE LEE BRYANT'S FAMILY CELEBRATING 379 
                            YEARS IN HAMPTON

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                          HON. ELAINE G. LURIA

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                      Tuesday, September 17, 2019

  Mrs. LURIA. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor and recognize 
Reverend Debbie Lee Bryant celebrating her family's 379th year in 
Hampton, Virginia.
  Reverend Bryant's rich and diverse ancestry in Hampton Roads 
epitomizes the complex backgrounds so many fellow Americans share by 
telling the story of the Native Americans who lived on the land we now 
call home, the enslaved Africans who were brought here by force, and 
the plantation owners who profited from the properties.
  I also wish to commend Reverend Bryant's diligent work as an 
historian documenting and researching the origins of the first Africans 
to land at Old Point Comfort. We must continue to remember the 
difficult past so we can move forward together as a community toward a 
better future for all.
  I thank Reverend Bryant for sharing this milestone with me and all 
that she does in our community.

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