WHEREAS, The Korean-American community is making important
contributions in distinguished career fields such as law,
medicine, business, education, architecture and the arts; and
WHEREAS, Philip Jaisohn, a Korean political refugee who made
his home in Media, Pennsylvania, made Philadelphia a central
overseas base for supporting Korean independence; and
WHEREAS, Inspired by the First and Second Continental
Congress of the United States held in Philadelphia, Philip
Jaisohn, Syngman Rhee, who is the first President of the
Republic of Korea, and Han Kyong Jung organized the First Korean
Congress in Philadelphia where they proclaimed Korean
Declaration of Independence from April 14th to April 16th, 1919;
and
WHEREAS, Philip Jaisohn was a noted champion of the Korean
Independence Movement in America and established the Korean
Information Bureau to publish the Korea Review for the cause of
political and religious freedom for Korea and the Far East; and
WHEREAS, Philip Jaisohn and Rev. Dr. Floyd W. Tomkins founded
the League of Friends of Korea that was organized in 21 American
cities as well as in London and Paris with 25,000 members to
educate the general public and community and government leaders
about the aspirations of Korean people on the independence for
Korea; and
WHEREAS, First generation Korean immigrants established
America as a new home and naturalized to establish a new
homeland for their children and future generations of Korean
Americans; and
WHEREAS, Korean Americans have made significant contributions
to the economic vitality and fabric of the United States and the
global marketplace in all facets of fields in government, for-
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