[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Pages 15322-15323]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 SENATE RESOLUTION 611--CONGRATULATING THE CUMBERLAND VALLEY ATHLETIC 
 CLUB ON THE 48TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE RUNNING OF THE JFK 50-MILE ULTRA-
                                MARATHON

  Mr. CARDIN. (for himself, Ms. Mikulski, and Mr. Baucus) submitted the 
following resolution, which was referred to the Committee on the 
Judiciary.

                              S. Res. 611

       Whereas President John F. Kennedy set as a national goal 
     the improvement of the health of the members of the United 
     States Armed Forces;
       Whereas President Kennedy, in 1963, issued an Executive 
     order challenging United States Marine officers to finish a 
     50-mile

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     race in 20 hours, matching a similar challenge issued in 1908 
     by President Theodore Roosevelt;
       Whereas, since that Executive order, thousands of 
     Americans, not just servicemen and women, have taken up the 
     challenge of the JFK 50-Mile Ultra-Marathon;
       Whereas, since the inception of the JFK 50-Mile Ultra-
     Marathon, all members of the Armed Services have been invited 
     to meet the challenge set by Presidents Kennedy and Roosevelt 
     over an historic race course;
       Whereas between 30 and 40 percent of participants in the 
     JFK 50-Mile Ultra-Marathon each year are active duty military 
     or veterans;
       Whereas each of the branches of the United States Armed 
     Forces fields at least 1 team each year in the JFK 50-Mile 
     Ultra-Marathon, and the Navy typically fields several teams;
       Whereas much of the course of the JFK 50-Mile Ultra-
     Marathon is located on Federal land, including the historic 
     C&O Canal, the Appalachian Trail, and Antietam Battlefield;
       Whereas the JFK 50-Mile Ultra-Marathon includes the War 
     Correspondents Memorial Arch, a national monument located in 
     Gathland State Park in the State of Maryland; and
       Whereas following the assassination of President Kennedy, 
     the first JFK 50-Mile Ultra-Marathon was organized as a way 
     to honor President Kennedy, and has been held annually, rain 
     or shine, ever since: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) commends and congratulates the past, present, and 
     future participants and organizers of the JFK 50-Mile Ultra-
     Marathon; and
       (2) requests the Secretary of the Senate to transmit an 
     enrolled copy of this resolution to the Cumberland Valley 
     Athletic Club as an expression of the best wishes of the 
     Senate for a glorious year of celebration.

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