PRINTER'S NO. 1558
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
285
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY BAKER, GREENLEAF, WOZNIAK, BROWNE, SCAVELLO,
DINNIMAN, FONTANA, SCHWANK, ARGALL, RAFFERTY, VULAKOVICH,
EICHELBERGER, SABATINA, FARNESE, YUDICHAK, WHITE, HUTCHINSON
AND MENSCH, FEBRUARY 10, 2016
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, FEBRUARY 10, 2016
A RESOLUTION
Observing March 1, 2016, as "St. David's Day" in Pennsylvania
and honoring the many Pennsylvanians of Welsh heritage.
WHEREAS, St. David is the patron saint of Wales and March 1,
St. David's feast day, is the Welsh National Holiday, which is
celebrated by Welsh people throughout the world; and
WHEREAS, Starting in the 17th century, a significant number
of people emigrated from Wales to Pennsylvania seeking religious
freedom and employment; and
WHEREAS, William Penn and the Society of Friends, or Quakers,
founded the heart of the first Welsh settlement in Philadelphia;
and
WHEREAS, A second wave of Welsh immigration, led by a Baptist
minister, occurred in the 18th century resulting in the
immigrants settling in Cambria County; and
WHEREAS, Since Pennsylvania and Wales both include rare
anthracite coal among their natural resources, many Welsh
immigrants also settled in the northeastern Pennsylvania coal
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