[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 11]
[House]
[Pages 15669-15670]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                HONORING LIEUTENANT COLONEL GEORGE BROWN

  (Mr. WELLER of Illinois asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WELLER of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of the 
life of Lieutenant Colonel George Brown of Morris, Illinois, a true 
American patriot. Lieutenant Colonel Brown passed

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away at the age of 86 in his home on June 6, 2007, on the 63rd 
anniversary of D-Day. He served in the U.S. Army from 1942-1964, and 
was a World War II veteran who also served in Korea. During his 
service, he received a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star.
  A leader in his community, Lieutenant Colonel Brown spent many years 
as a well-respected member of the Grundy County Board where he was 
known to give full dedication to his job and cared about conservation 
and preservation issues.
  Additionally, Lieutenant Colonel Brown educated children in our 
community about Native Americans by portraying Chief Shabbona, the 
leader of the Pottawatomie Indian tribe during the Black Hawk War, who 
is also buried in Morris, Illinois. He instructed these children that 
``we are symbols of current and past history, and we represent father, 
grandfather, brother and the authority figure, and they expect us to do 
the right thing.''
  Lieutenant Colonel Brown is remembered as a man of conviction and a 
pillar in our community, and I am proud to honor him today.

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