the Republic of Korea, and Han Kyong Jung organized the First
Korean Congress in Philadelphia, where they proclaimed the
Korean Declaration of Independence from April 14 through 16,
1919; and
WHEREAS, Mr. 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 in Korea and East Asia; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Jaisohn and Reverend 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, the community and
government leaders about the aspirations of Korean people for
independence; 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, The year 2022 marks the 132nd anniversary of the
first United States citizenship granted to a Korean-American
individual and Korean Americans will come together on June 19 to
celebrate this day as "Korean-American Citizenship Day"; and
WHEREAS, Today, Korean-American citizens live throughout the
United States and are part of a vibrant, growing Korean-American
community in the United States; and
WHEREAS, The Korean-American community is making important
contributions in distinguished career fields, including law,
medicine, business, education, architecture and the arts; and
WHEREAS, Korean Americans have made significant contributions
to the economic vitality and fabric of the United States and the
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