Without objection. it is so ordered. The resolution (S. Res. 9) was agreed to. The preamble was agreed to. The resolution. with its preamble. are as follows: S. Rcs. 59 Whereas by 1776 nearly 300.000 persons had emigrated to the United States from Ireland. Whereas following the Revolutionary War victory of Washingtons troops at Yorktown. a French Major General reported that Congress and America owed Its existence. and possibly Its preservation. to the support of the Irish. Whereas at least 8 signers of the Declaration of Independence were of Irish origin. Whereas more than 200 Irish Americans have been awarded the Congressional Medal of lonor.
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