I rise today in partnership with my colleagues. Representative CHARLIE DENT. Representative PAT MEEHAN. and Representative JOE PITTS. to recognize Boscovs. one of the nations largest familyowned department store chains. on the occasion of its 100th Anniversary. Boscovs. headquartered in Berks County. Pennsylvania. was founded by Solomon Boscov in 1914 at 9th and Pike Streets in Reading. Pennsylvania. Solomon emigrated to the United States in 1911. purchased $8 worth of merchandise. and traveled on foot through Lancaster and Berks Counties selling his wares. Within a year. he had saved enough to purchase a horse and wagon and increase his inventory. From these humble beginnings.
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