One does not have to look far hero in the Nations Capitol to see the Irish influence on America. The Great Seal of the United States was designed by Charles Thomson. a native of County Derry. Thomson was the only Secretary of the Continental Congress and was assigned by the Congress to notify George Washington that he had been elected to serve as our first President. The White House. home to our Presidents. was designed by James Hoban who emigrated from County Kilkenny in 1785. Hoban also supervised its reconstruction after it had been burned in 1814. Hoban went on to design the State and War Offices and also assisted in the building of the U.S.
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