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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE RESOLUTION |
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| INTRODUCED BY STACK, RAFFERTY, ORIE, SOLOBAY, FONTANA, FERLO, COSTA, DINNIMAN, BAKER, D. WHITE, PIPPY, ERICKSON, BREWSTER, GREENLEAF AND PILEGGI, MARCH 1, 2011 |
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| INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, MARCH 1, 2011 |
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| A RESOLUTION |
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1 | Designating March 2011 as "Irish American Heritage Month" in |
2 | Pennsylvania. |
3 | WHEREAS, On March 17, 2011, the Irish community in this |
4 | Commonwealth will celebrate the occasion of the feast of the |
5 | glorious Apostle of Ireland, Saint Patrick; and |
6 | WHEREAS, "St. Patrick, Bless Our Religious Sisters Who Serve, |
7 | Inspire and Educate" will be this year's theme; and |
8 | WHEREAS, Fleeing political, religious and racial persecution |
9 | in their homeland, Irish immigrants arrived on our shores |
10 | penniless and unwanted, yet filled with hope that America held a |
11 | future in which they and their children would enjoy the |
12 | bountiful fruits of a nation founded upon the principles of |
13 | liberty and justice for all; and |
14 | WHEREAS, In every phase of our national history, Irish |
15 | Americans have taken their place at the forefront in the |
16 | political, economic, religious, social and artistic fields; and |
17 | WHEREAS, Their contribution to the good and welfare of this |
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1 | Commonwealth is immeasurable and unflinching; therefore be it |
2 | RESOLVED, That the Senate designate March 2011 "Irish |
3 | American Heritage Month" in Pennsylvania and extend its |
4 | felicitations and best wishes to the Irish community in this |
5 | Commonwealth on this occasion; and be it further |
6 | RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be forwarded to J. |
7 | Thomas Showler, The Society of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, |
8 | P.O. Box 969, Dublin, Pennsylvania 18917; Stephen M. Hladick, |
9 | Esq., Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, 425 W. Main Street, |
10 | Lansdale, Pennsylvania 19446-0029; and Kathy McGee Burns, St. |
11 | Patrick's Day Observance Association, P.O. Box 32158, |
12 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19146. |
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