[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 5565]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




   SALUTING CITIZENS OF PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY, VIRGINIA, ON THE 250TH 
                      ANNIVERSARY OF ITS FOUNDING

  (Mr. GOODE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. GOODE. Mr. Speaker, Prince Edward County is marking the 250th 
anniversary of its founding on January 1, 1754, by act of the Virginia 
General Assembly. Prince Edward County played a vital role in the early 
days of the history of this Nation as an agricultural and major 
shipping distribution center.
  Prince Edward County is the home to two premier institutions of 
higher learning, Hampden-Sydney College and Longwood University. Prince 
Edward County counts among its most honored natives two men who held 
governorships of other States, Henry Watkins Allen in Louisiana and 
Sterling Price in Missouri. Also, General Joseph E. Johnston of the 
Confederate Army is a native son as well as civil rights leader Dr. 
Vernon Johns; J. B. Fuqua, philanthropist; and the first African 
American United States Senator, Blanche K. Bruce; as well as Lieutenant 
General Sam V. Wilson, former president of Hampden-Sydney College.
  Prince Edward County has also been called home by such noted persons 
as Virginia Governor Phillip McKinney; civil rights leader Reverend L. 
Francis Griffin; president of Tuskegee Institute, Robert Russa Moton; 
and medical researcher D. Walter Reed.
  Prince Edward County also played a pivotal role in the civil rights 
movement of the 1950s as part of the Brown v. Board of Education suit.
  In closing, I salute the citizens of Prince Edward County in 
recognition of their 250th anniversary.

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