[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 4]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 4945]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



 THE TWO-HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF EASTON, MASSACHUSETTS

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                        HON. JOHN JOSEPH MOAKLEY

                            of massachusetts

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, April 5, 2000

  Mr. MOAKLEY. Mr. Speaker, as we celebrate the beginning of a New 
Millennium, we are reminded of the history and accomplishments of our 
forebears in past centuries who ``brought forth'' as President Lincoln 
said, ``on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and 
dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.'' This 
year, 2000, also marks the Two-hundred and Seventy-fifth Anniversary of 
the Founding of Easton, Massachusetts, which shares a unique role in 
the Colonial and Civil War history of this great country. I acknowledge 
the monumental spirit of the citizens of Easton, and to recognize their 
many contributions to the growth and development of the United States, 
and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

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