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90_HR0542
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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The Irish Famine began when a mysterious fungus
3 destroyed the nation's potato crop between 1845 and 1850,
4 because of their poverty, a majority of the Irish people
5 depended potatoes as the main ingredient in their diet; and
6 WHEREAS, Hundreds of thousands of Irish citizens left
7 their homeland to come to America following the failure of
8 the potato crop; as many as two million Irish citizens
9 emigrated, the majority of them to North America; and
10 WHEREAS, 1847 marked the worst time for the Irish people;
11 during this year widespread epidemics of fever and hunger
12 edema caused by lack of proper vitamins sickened entire
13 villages and killed hundreds of thousands of people; in 1847,
14 America opened its doors to 100,000 Irish people; and
15 WHEREAS, Descendants of the Irish Potato Famine
16 immigrants have made valuable contributions to our society
17 and changed forever the the character of American future;
18 therefore, be it
19 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
20 NINETIETH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
21 urge the commemoration of a postal stamp to honor the
22 survivors of one of the world's greatest tragedies and to pay
23 tribute to the valuable contributions the Irish-Americans
24 have made to our nation; and be it further
25 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
26 presented to the Postmaster General and to each member of the
27 Illinois congressional delegation.