[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 3]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 3108]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


THANKS TO COMMANDER ROY G. ORGERON AND AMERICAN LEGION, NICHOLSON POST 
                                  #38

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                         HON. RICHARD H. BAKER

                              of louisiana

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, March 2, 2004

  Mr. BAKER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to send a heartfelt thanks to 
both Commander Roy G. Orgeron and the entire American Legion, Nicholson 
Post #38 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana for helping us ``Honor and Remember 
those who Served and Sacrificed'' on Veterans Day, November 11, 2003.
  Mr. Speaker, originally chartered by the United States Congress in 
1919 as a patriotic, mutual-help, war-time veterans organization, the 
American Legion is best described by the Preamble to its Constitution:

       For God and Country we associate ourselves together for the 
     following purposes: To uphold and defend the Constitution of 
     the United States of America; To maintain law and order; To 
     foster and perpetuate a one hundred percent Americanism; To 
     preserve the memories and incidents of our associations in 
     the great wars; To inculcate a sense of individual obligation 
     to the community, state and nation; To combat the autocracy 
     of both the classes and the masses; To make right the master 
     of might; To promote peace and good-will on earth; To 
     safeguard and transmit to posterity the principles of 
     justice, freedom and democracy; To consecrate our comradeship 
     by our devotion to mutual helpfulness.

  As the facilitative host of a Veterans Day breakfast, and on a day 
where as a country we paused to reflect on the sacrifices of all those 
who have put on the uniform to serve in the United States military, the 
members of Nicholson Post #38 honorably upheld these words, 
demonstrating their endless commitment to south Louisiana's veterans.
  Mr. Speaker, although we can never adequately repay their service to 
our great Nation, as a senior Member of the House Veterans' Affairs 
Committee, I ask that you and my colleagues join me in saluting and 
congratulating Nicholson Post #38 on this outstanding achievement.

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