The country was reconnected with the city in fantastic fashion, on the floor of the Senate in Washington, D.C.
Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith, a close friend of our late founder Patrick Gottsch, introduced a resolution honoring his life.
The resolution will be entered into the Congressional record, and a copy will be sent to the Gottsch family.
FULL PATRICK GOTTSCH MEMORIAM RESOLUTION:
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