[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5251]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            CHARLES YOUNG BUFFALO SOLDIERS NATIONAL MONUMENT

  (Mrs. BEATTY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mrs. BEATTY. I would like to join with my fellow Ohioans to thank 
President Obama and Secretary Salazar for the designation of the 
Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument in Wilberforce, the 
great State of Ohio. This monument recognizes the legacy of Charles 
Young and the proud traditions of African Americans in our military 
over the last nearly 150 years.
  I join my good friend Marsha Bayless, mayor of Xenia, Ohio, who is in 
D.C. today, because we believe that it is a great honor for our 
community that the home of this outstanding American, the first African 
American to reach the rank of colonel, be recognized and honored. I 
urge the House to wholeheartedly support the President's efforts to 
preserve the American heritage through the Antiquities Act.

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