PRINTER'S NO. 3401
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
791
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY DRISCOLL, BOYLE, FLYNN, HENNESSEY, BIZZARRO,
THOMAS, HAHN, KORTZ, HILL-EVANS, A. DAVIS, RYAN, PICKETT,
FREEMAN, SCHLOSSBERG, LONGIETTI, SAINATO, T. DAVIS, McCARTER,
DONATUCCI, EVERETT, BROWN, MURT, YOUNGBLOOD, NEILSON, KINSEY,
READSHAW, MILLARD, STAATS, HOWARD, JAMES, MACKENZIE, SCHLEGEL
CULVER, MENTZER, McCLINTON, MALAGARI, KNOWLES, ROZZI,
HOHENSTEIN, GAINEY, KIM, WARREN, DEASY AND CONKLIN,
MARCH 4, 2020
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, MARCH 4, 2020
A RESOLUTION
Designating the month of March 2020 as "Irish-American Heritage
Month" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, On March 17, 2020, the Irish community in this
Commonwealth celebrates the occasion of the feast of the
glorious apostle of Ireland, Saint Patrick; and
WHEREAS, The theme of the 2020 St. Patrick's Day Parade in
Philadelphia is "250 Years of Faith, Family, Friendship and
Heritage"; and
WHEREAS, Fleeing political, religious and racial persecution
in Ireland, Irish immigrants arrived on our shores penniless and
unwanted, yet filled with hope that the United States held a
future in which Irish immigrants and their families would enjoy
the bountiful fruits of a nation founded upon the principles of
liberty and justice for all; and
WHEREAS, In every phase of our national history, Irish
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