Mr. Speaker. it is only fitting that this House pay a special tribute today to the memory of the beloved poet Carl Sandburg. Mr. Sandburg. who died this weekend at his home in South Carolina. was a true American. steadfastly dedicated to the American dream and believing in the destiny of democracy. Born in Galesburg. Ill.. in 1878. he was the son of August and Clara Sandburg. recent immigrants from Sweden. At 13. Sandburg became a milkwagon driver. later he was a barbershop porter. a scene shifter in a theater. and a truck operator in a brick kiln. When he was 17 he went Westriding freights. working in Kansas wheatflelds. and washing dishes in city hotels.
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