House Bill 9515
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Florida House of Representatives - 1998 HR 9515
By Representative Brennan
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2 A resolution recognizing the 150th anniversary
3 of The Irish Famine.
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5 WHEREAS, a historic man-made tragedy occurred in
6 Ireland 153 years ago, the year of the potato blight, and
7 WHEREAS, between 1845 and 1850 in "The Great Famine,"
8 also known as "The Irish Holocaust," more than 1.5 million
9 people died from starvation, fever, cold, and execution for
10 food theft, and
11 WHEREAS, the potato crop failure was an Act of God, the
12 systematic acts of men through the enforcement of the inhumane
13 Penal Laws, the withholding of education, and the use of a
14 value system which favored pocketbooks over people and thus
15 compounded the tragedy, resulting in the devastating loss of
16 life, and
17 WHEREAS, British Prime Minister Tony Blair said last
18 year, "That one million people should have died in what was
19 then part of the richest and most powerful nation in the world
20 is something that still causes pain as we reflect on it
21 today," and
22 WHEREAS, as Blair also said, "Let us therefore today
23 not only remember those who died but also celebrate the
24 resilience and courage of those Irish men and women who were
25 able to forge another life outside Ireland, and the rich
26 culture and vitality they brought with them. Britain, the
27 United States, and many Commonwealth countries are richer for
28 their presence," NOW, THEREFORE,
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30 Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of
31 Florida:
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Florida House of Representatives - 1998 HR 9515
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