On the recordSeptember 21, 2000
This bill, to provide a Lackawanna heritage area for four counties in northeastern Pennsylvania, has been a long time in the process. That area fueled the industrial revolution with its coal mines and its steel, and it had the seeds of the modern labor movements in the coal mines. This is a beautiful historical area which alternates between the ravages of two centuries of anthracite mining and the beautiful scenic Lackawanna River Valley. This is a historical and cultural area that deems preserving. The designation of the Lackawanna and Schuylkill River Valleys as national heritage areas will enable all Americans for years to come to witness and learn the story of anthracite mining, the labor movement, and the industrialization of our great Nation. I urge my colleagues to support this rule.
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