And gentlemen. no American can ever forget that the father of the American Navy. Commodore John Barry. commanded the American battleship. the Lexington. the first officially commissioned American fighting ship in the Revolutionary War. It is no wonder then that Lord Mountjoy arose before the English Parliament to explain the cause of Englands defeat In these remarkable words: America was lost by Irish emigrants. I should not have to tell you of the great. the rich. the important contribution made to American democracy by Irish immigrants and by men and women of Irish descent from all walks of lifeIn the military. in education. in science. in labor. in business and in the professions. Ten Irishmen were signers of the Declaration of Independence and the American Presidents of Irish descent were Andrew Jackson. James Polk.
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