[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 17585]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    IN HONOR OF EDWIN AND ALMA LAKIN

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                            HON. JOE SESTAK

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, November 15, 2010

  Mr. SESTAK. Madam Speaker, today it is my honor to recognize Edwin 
and Alma Lakin for their outstanding work to support Holocaust and 
genocide education initiatives, locally and nationally, through the 
Pennsylvania Holocaust Education Council.
  This remarkable couple's consistent advocacy for a Holocaust Library 
and Resource Center at Albright College, as well as their fundraising 
efforts on behalf of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, the Lakin 
Early Education Center, the Jewish Federation of Reading, and 
innumerous humanitarian projects worldwide, reflects their commitment 
to remembering mankind's darkest hour. If we do not, we may allow these 
unspeakable horrors to be repeated.
  In the words of Nobel Peace Prize Winner Elie Wiesel, ``Mankind must 
remember that peace is not God's gift to his creatures; peace is our 
gift to each other.'' The Lakins' perseverance in honoring the victims 
of the Holocaust and their exemplary efforts to bring out the best in 
us all is essential to achieving that peace.
  I join good people everywhere in commending Edwin and Alma's 
vigilance against hatred and tyranny. We should all be so strong.

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