[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 15]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 21816]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                  HALLOWEEN CELEBRATED BY OUR SAILORS

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                            HON. IKE SKELTON

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, November 6, 2001

  Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, it has come to my attention that Halloween 
was recently celebrated by sailors aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt. 
The crew celebrated with a door-decorating contest, improvised jack-o'-
lanterns and the ship's mascot donning a ghost costume.
  The festivities included a three-foot manmade jack-o'-lantern made by 
the ship's airframe department in their free time. The door-decorating 
contest produced a picture of Dracula in a cemetery, with one of the 
gravestones for Osama bin Laden. The ship's mascot, a moose, put on a 
ghost costume and trick-or-treated up and down the carrier's passage 
ways.
  Activities like these keep spirits high and create a break from daily 
activities for our sailors during a difficult time. I know the Members 
of the House will join me in paying tribute to America's men and women 
in uniform who nobly serve aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt and around 
the world.

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