I am pleased to join my colleague in consideration of H.R. 5245. legislation naming the postal facility at 1 Marble Street in Fair Haven. Vermont. after Matthew Lyon. This bill. which was sponsored by Representative BERNARD SANDERS of Vermont. was unanimously reported by our committee on May 4. 2006. Matthew Lyon was born in County Wicklow. Ireland. and in 1764. at the age of 14. emigrated to the United States as an indentured servant. It was not long before he was a free man and fighting alongside Ethan Allen and others in the famous battle of Ticonderoga. Lyon went on to settle in Vermont. founding the village of Fair Haven and later representing Vermont in Congress for two terms.
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