[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 170 (Monday, October 28, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1352]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          IN RECOGNITION OF THE FOUNDING OF KING GEORGE COUNTY

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                         HON. ROBERT J. WITTMAN

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, October 28, 2019

  Mr. WITTMAN. Madam Speaker, I rise today in recognition of the 300th 
Anniversary of the founding of King George County in Virginia, taking 
place on November 15, 2019.
  The area we know as King George has a long and storied history that 
is integral to the overall history and development of America's 
government and way of life as we know it today. Its history stretches 
back over 10,000 years with its settlement by Native Americans, through 
Captain John Smith's explorations in the early 1600's, through the 
French and Indian Wars, Bacon's Rebellion, the Whiskey Rebellion, the 
American Revolution, the Civil War, World War I, the Great Depression, 
World War II and into the modern era. King George has been the 
birthplace and childhood home of Presidents, and home to some of the 
very founders of our great Nation.
  King George County has served as the home of one of the country's 
great military and research development centers for over 100 years, as 
well as functioned as a focal point for commerce and trade for our 
nation.
  Madam Speaker, I ask you to join me in recognizing the founding of 
King George County. Words cannot express how grateful we are to have a 
place with such history in the founding of our great Nation. May God 
bless King George County and its residents, and continue to prosper for 
another 300 years.

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