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[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 553 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 553

 Congratulating Charles County, Maryland, on the occasion of its 350th 
                              anniversary.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 6, 2008

   Mr. Cardin (for himself and Ms. Mikulski) submitted the following 
             resolution; which was considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION

 
 Congratulating Charles County, Maryland, on the occasion of its 350th 
                              anniversary.

Whereas 2008 marks the 350th anniversary of the establishment of Charles County, 
        Maryland, a historic and memorable event that will be commemorated 
        throughout the year;
Whereas Charles County was chartered in 1658 and named after Charles Calvert, a 
        royal proprietor of the colony of Maryland;
Whereas citizens of Charles County have played an important role in the history 
        of Maryland and our Nation, including Thomas Stone, whose home is 
        maintained by the National Park Service in Port Tobacco and who served 
        as a Continental Congressman, a framer of the Articles of Confederation, 
        and a signer of the Declaration of Independence;
Whereas, under the Articles of Confederation, John Hanson, born in Port Tobacco, 
        served as the President of the United States in Congress Assembled;
Whereas Josiah Henson escaped slavery and fled from Charles County to Canada, 
        where he wrote his autobiography, a narrative that later inspired 
        Harriet Beecher Stowe's famous novel ``Uncle Tom's Cabin'';
Whereas Josiah Henson's grandnephew, Matthew Henson, left Charles County 
        farmland to become an arctic explorer, venturing to the North Pole and 
        going on to receive international acclaim;
Whereas, following the Civil War, the house of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd in Waldorf was 
        where John Wilkes Booth stopped to have Dr. Mudd reset his leg, broken 
        after he fatally shot President Abraham Lincoln and jumped off the 
        balcony of Ford's Theater in Washington, DC;
Whereas today Charles County has roughly 120,000 residents;
Whereas, while farming and small town life still flourish, particularly along 
        the banks of the Potomac River, the population of the county is growing; 
        and
Whereas the county is home to workers in the National Capital region as well as 
        the county's largest employer, a Department of Defense Energetics 
        Center, the Indian Head Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
     (a) commends and congratulates Charles County, Maryland, on the 
occasion of its 350th anniversary; and
    (b) requests the Secretary of the Senate to transmit an enrolled 
copy of this resolution to the Charles County Anniversary Committee as 
an expression of the Senate's best wishes for a glorious year of 
celebration.
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