[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 10]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 14194-14195]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 TRIBUTE TO TIPPECANOE COUNTY, INDIANA

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                            HON. TODD ROKITA

                               of indiana

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, November 14, 2016

  Mr. ROKITA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and salute 
Tippecanoe County, Indiana, as the Indiana Bicentennial Torch is 
scheduled to pass through the county on Wednesday, October 12, 2016.
  The county lies in the north-central part of Indiana's Fourth 
Congressional District. Tippecanoe County was established on March 1, 
1826, and it was named for a Miami people term ``Kethtippecanoogi'' 
meaning a ``place of the succor fish people''. The county is the 
largest-populated county in the 4th District, and it is best known as 
the home of Purdue University and for the 1811 Battle of Tippecanoe.
  In this year of the Hoosier Bicentennial, communities throughout the 
state are celebrating Indiana's past and present through Bicentennial 
Legacy Projects. These projects are culturally inclusive, celebratory, 
engaging and inspiring to youth and young adults and create a legacy 
for the future. The organizations responsible for the thirty-three 
Legacy Projects to-date throughout the county include the Indiana 
Native American Indiana Affairs Commission, Fairfield Township, West 
Lafayette Parks and Recreation, Lilly Nature Center, Ivy Tech Community 
College--Lafayette, Purdue University, Indiana State Federation of 
Poetry Clubs, Lafayette School Corporation, The Society of Indiana 
Pioneers, Tippecanoe County 4-H Exhibit Association, Tippecanoe

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County Historical Association, West Lafayette Public Arts Team, NICHES 
Land Trust, Geography Educators Network of Indiana, Old Tippecanoe 
Quilt Guild, The Archaeological Conservancy, Purdue University College 
of Agriculture, West Lafayette Tree Friends, Tippecanoe County Parks, 
Art Museum of Greater Lafayette, Monticello-Union Township Public 
Library, Morton Community Center, Dani M. Tippmann, Bach Chorale 
Singers, Inc., Catherine E. Mowery, Lafayette Symphony, Inc., Civic 
Theatre of Greater Lafayette, Haan Mansion Museum of IN Art, Grounds 
Department--Physical Facilities Purdue University, Animalia, Inc., and 
the Tippecanoe County Public Library. Hoosiers look forward to their 
enduring contribution to our state's legacy.
  And on this day, Mr. Speaker, in the year in which we are celebrating 
Indiana's 200th birthday, I am proud to recognize Tippecanoe County for 
the contribution of its residents to the past, present and future of 
Indiana's history.

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