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March 5, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 39 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session

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HERITAGE MISSION FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS; Congressional Record Vol. 165, No. 39
(House of Representatives - March 05, 2019)

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                HERITAGE MISSION FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS

  (Mr. WATKINS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WATKINS. Mr. Speaker, today, I rise to encourage the President to 
sign into law S. 47, the bipartisan lands package, which includes my 
legislation protecting the Fort Scott National Historic Site in Kansas.
  My first piece of legislation, the Fort Scott National Historic Site 
Boundary Modification Act preserves the legacy of the fort's role in 
the American frontier. This legislation solidifies the community's 
contribution to supporting the Union during the Civil War.
  Known locally as Lunette Blair, this antique structure is the sole 
remaining blockhouse that helped repel the Confederate invasion into 
eastern Kansas. It is only through the stewardship of the Fort Scott 
community that this blockhouse still stands.
  I thank my colleagues in the Kansas delegation for joining me in this 
heritage mission for southeast Kansas.

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