[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 101 (Friday, June 14, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H4067]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                      RECOGNIZING 25TH ARMY CORPS

  (Mr. GREEN of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, and still I rise.
  Today, I rise to remind us that as we celebrate Juneteenth, let us 
not forget the men of the 25th Army Corps.
  General Gordon Granger came into Galveston, Texas, to read General 
Order No. 3, announcing that the enslaved persons had been freed, but 
it was the 25th Army Corps that came in before General Gordon Granger 
and liberated Galveston, Texas.
  They were 1,000 persons who had been enslaved but were now free. The 
25th Army Corps deserves recommendation, and they deserve 
commemoration. Let us remember them, as well.
  God bless you, Mr. Speaker, and I thank the United States of America.

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