[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 9]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 11378]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    HONORING BETTY JANE GORIN-SMITH

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                             HON. RON LEWIS

                              of kentucky

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 2, 2004

  Mr. LEWIS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to a 
remarkable individual from my home state of Kentucky. Betty Jane Gorin-
Smith has been a longtime volunteer and leading voice in the historic 
preservation efforts of the Heartland Civil War Trails Project. This 
extraordinary endeavor is only a footnote to her many years of service 
in the Taylor County community, as a distinguished teacher, author, and 
historian.
  Mrs. Gorin-Smith taught U.S. and world history in local schools for 
more than two decades. She has also taught at Campbellsville University 
and Lindsey Wilson College. Her academic and civic awards are numerous. 
She has written numerous published articles and is presently completing 
a book on the life of Civil War General John Hunt Morgan. In addition 
to her work with the Heartland Civil War Trails Commission, Mrs. Smith 
is recognized as a primary leader of the preservation effort at the 
Tebbs Bend Civil War battlefield.
  I would like to recognize Mrs. Gorin-Smith, before the entire U.S. 
House of Representatives, for her exemplary citizenship and community 
engagement. Her efforts, past and present, make her an outstanding 
American, worthy of our collective respect and honor.
  On the occasion of the Civil War Trails Commission ribbon cutting, I 
publicly endorse Betty Jane Gorin-Smith as Historian Laureate for the 
Heartland Region of Kentucky.

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