Madam Speaker. I rise today to honor a southeastern Pennsylvania municipality celebrating its 275th anniversary. Worcester Township. Montgomery County. was established in 1733 by 22 landowners on roughly 10.000 acres originally part of the land grant given to William Penn by King Charles II of England. English. Dutch. German and Welsh immigrants. many seeking religious freedom. settied the Township. which was a mostly wooded wilderness at its inception. Eventually. the Township was transformed into a farming community that came to be known as a breadbasket for nearby Norristown and Philadelphia. Worcester also played a role in the founding of our nation.
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