[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 17647-17648]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       HONORING ALEJANDRO BARLOCK

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                            HON. TIM MURPHY

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, December 10, 2014

  Mr. MURPHY of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I wish to extend my thanks 
to Alejandro Joshua Barlock of Unity Township, Pennsylvania for his 
service to the Greater Latrobe community by planning and installing a 
new veterans memorial at Barnes Place, a senior living community.
  Alec is a student at Greater Latrobe High School and a member of Boy 
Scout Troop 327 in Youngstown, Pennsylvania. Alec had noticed that his 
grandfather Eugene Jones, 89, a World War II veteran who fought in the 
Battle of the Bulge, could no longer travel from Barnes Place to local 
Veterans Day ceremonies. Thus, Alec decided for an Eagle Scout project 
to build a memorial for his grandfather and all of the Barnes Place 
veteran residents.
  He spent nearly nine months planning his project and approximately 
twenty hours constructing the memorial with the help of his family and 
fellow scouts. The memorial is now open for use of the entire community 
for special patriotic ceremonies.
  By building this memorial to honor our veterans, Alec has answered 
the call of the Scout Oath to show ``duty to country.'' Mr. Speaker, I 
again congratulate Alejandro Barlock on a job well done, and I ask that 
all Members join me in thanking him for an Eagle Scout project that 
remembers the sacrifice of America's service men and women.

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