[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 13]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 18424]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  RECOGNIZING THE ONE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CHAUTAUQUA HALL OF 
                              BROTHERHOOD

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                            HON. JEFF MILLER

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, November 30, 2010

  Mr. MILLER of Florida. Madam Speaker, on behalf of the United States 
Congress, it is an honor for me to rise today to recognize the 
centennial anniversary of the Chautauqua Hall of Brotherhood, located 
in DeFuniak Springs, Florida.
  On Lake Chautauqua in western New York, the original Chautauqua 
Institution was founded in 1874 as a vacation school for Sunday school 
teachers. Chautauqua retreats gained popularity in the 1880s; in 1885, 
the first Florida Chautauqua program, and second in the nation, was 
founded and convened on the banks of Lake DeFuniak It served as a 
platform for discussion of the latest thinking in politics, economics, 
literature, science and religion and attracted noted scholars and 
famous lecturers.
  In 1910, the Hall of Brotherhood was completed. The Dome was 
dedicated to the soldiers and sailors of the Republic, and the columns 
on the outside of the building represent the Presidents of the United 
States. The expansive edifice incorporated many large meeting rooms and 
contained a 4,000 seat amphitheatre, fully equipped with electrical 
lights, dissolving color effects and foot lights for the presentation 
of plays and grand concerts. It was the largest Chautauqua amphitheatre 
in the southern United States.
  As he laid the cornerstone at the dedication ceremony, General John 
B. Gordon remarked, ``The Hall of Brotherhood tells the story. Every 
beam and timber, each brick and stone that shall complete its 
structure, from this supporting cornerstone now laid to its finished 
turret, will speak to coming generations of the sentiment that 
suggested it. American brotherhood, a reunited country, on which 
depends not only the life and perpetuity of the Republic, but the 
welfare of universal humanity, are the glorious realities which this 
Hall is to represent. In the name, therefore, of every state in this 
Union, and of our priceless freedom, invoking Heaven's blessing upon 
it, I dedicate this spot where the Hall of Brotherhood is to stand a 
holy invocation to the everlasting fraternity of the American People.''
  On August 7, 1972 the Chautauqua Hall of Brotherhood was listed in 
the National Register of Historic Places.
  Madam Speaker, on behalf of the United States Congress, I am proud to 
celebrate the centennial anniversary of the Chautauqua Hall of 
Brotherhood.

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