The owners of the farm say it was a natural place for the celebration because the original owner of the farm, Col. William Fulkerson, fought for the Confederacy in the Civil War.

I am very pleased to see our community coming together to remember our veterans and take pride in our local heritage.

I am certain that my colleagues are familiar with the extraordinary success of Oracle Corporation of Redwood Shores, California.

Oracle's significant contribution to the relief effort in Kosova merits the sincere gratitude and appreciation of all of us.

Desperate to ease the plight of lost family members, the American Red Cross turned to Oracle for an Internet-based solution.

Oracle's status as a corporate role model, however, rests on far more than its supremacy in the field of information technology.

An additional charitable venture, Oracle's Promise, is helping to better the lives of children here at home.

Oracle's outstanding humanitarian efforts were noted by the Acting President of the American Red Cross, Steve Bullock.

As America's economy grows and prospers, I hope that other companies follow Oracle's outstanding example by recognizing a corporate responsibility both to their communities and to the welfare of the less fortunate.

Oracle has generously provided services and technical support to charities and social causes around the world.

The development of the DPLS is only one of a multitude of charitable efforts initiated by Oracle.

These invaluable interventions have occurred in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Los Angeles, Oakland, San Francisco, Washington, DC, and many other cities.

Oracle quickly responded by developing the Displaced Persons Linking System (DPLS), an innovative program which has greatly assisted relief workers in reuniting lost family members.

Mr. Speaker, I am certain that my colleagues are familiar with the extraordinary success of Oracle Corporation of Redwood Shores, California.

Mr. Speaker, one recent illustration of exemplary corporate citizenship also demonstrated Oracle's information technology prowess and its application to public service.

The ongoing humanitarian crisis in the Balkans... has left hundreds of thousands of refugees with husbands separated from wives and families and parents separated from their children.

Oracle is currently installing hundreds of network computers in Israeli and Palestinian cities... to link children of both people to the Internet and to foster communication between them.

I ask my colleagues to join me in commending the men and women of Oracle for their exceptional contributions to our society.