[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 11890]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



           MONUMENT NEEDED FOR SOME OF THE BRAVEST AMERICANS

  (Mr. TRAFICANT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, today is the 125th anniversary of 
Custer's last stand, a sad chapter in American history. To make it even 
worse, there is only one monument at Little Bighorn, to--General 
Custer!

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  Unbelievable. As the story goes, Uncle Sam took the whole Indian 
Nation and put them on a reservation. He took away their native tongue, 
taught English to their young, took away their way of life, killed 
their children and their wife. And even the beads they made by hand 
were then imported from Japan.
  Beam me up. Is it any wonder that these brave warriors joined 
together massively for one lasting victory to be remembered throughout 
all of American history?
  Now, Mr. Speaker, their descendants fight along with our soldiers to 
keep America free.
  I yield back the need to build a lasting monument in tribute to some 
of the bravest Americans who ever lived right here in Washington, D.C.

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