When you add to these population figures the indisputable historical facts concerning the tremendous contribution made by the Irish people to the establishment of our independence and to our growth to the worlds foremost power we cannot but realize that we Americans owe a debt of gratitude to the Irishand it is time that we recognized it. Mr. Speaker and colleagues. let us not forget that approximately 40 percent of the American Revolutionary Army was composed of Irish immigrants. They not only swelled the ranks but they led the ranks and no fewer than 19 generals in the Continental Army were of Irish birth or blood. The first armed attack for American independence on land was made by Maj.
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