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SCR148 • 2025

HONORING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF IRISH AMERICANS IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.

HONORING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF IRISH AMERICANS IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Walsh
Last action
2026-03-17
Official status
Passed 3/17/26
Effective date
Not listed

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HONORING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF IRISH AMERICANS IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.

HONORING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF IRISH AMERICANS IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.

What This Bill Does

  • HONORING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF IRISH AMERICANS IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
  • This Senate Concurrent Resolution recognizes and honors contributions made by Irish Americans to the American Revolution.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-17 Delaware General Assembly

    Introduced in Senate

  2. 2026-03-17 Delaware General Assembly

    Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 ABSENT

  3. 2026-03-17 Delaware General Assembly

    Passed In House by Voice Vote

Official Summary Text

HONORING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF IRISH AMERICANS IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
This Senate Concurrent Resolution recognizes and honors contributions made by Irish Americans to the American Revolution.

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SPONSOR:

Sen. Walsh & Sen. Townsend & Rep. Griffith

Sens. Brown, Buckson, Cruce, Hansen, Hocker, Hoffner, Huxtable, Lawson, Lockman, Mantzavinos, Paradee, Pettyjohn, Pinkney, Poore, Richardson, Seigfried, Sokola, Sturgeon, Wilson; Reps. Berry, Burns, Harris, Heffernan, K. Johnson, Osienski, Phillips, Ross Levin, Michael Smith, Snyder-Hall, Yearick

DELAWARE STATE SENATE

153rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 148

HONORING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF IRISH AMERICANS IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.

WHEREAS, on Saint Patrick’s Day in 1776, the British ended their eleven-month siege of Boston, marking a major early victory in the American Revolutionary War; and

WHEREAS, contributions of Irish Americans in the Continental Army were significant, with many Irish Americans playing major roles, such as Doctor James McHenry and John Fitzgerald, who both served as aides-de-camp to General George Washington; and

WHEREAS, 250 years ago Stephen Moylan, George Washington’s Irish American aide-de-camp, first committed the phrase “United States of America” to paper; and

WHEREAS, eight of the signatories of the Declaration of Independence were Irish Americans, including Thomas McKean and George Read; and

WHEREAS, the first 200 copies of the Declaration of Independence were printed by John Dunlap who emigrated from County Tyrone; and

WHEREAS, the Declaration of Independence first appeared internationally in the Belfast Newsletter in Ireland; and

WHEREAS, efforts to create a republic in the United States inspired generations in Ireland to seek and ultimately secure an Irish republic; and

WHEREAS, the spirit of independence is at the heart of both the United States and the Republic of Ireland.

NOW THEREFORE:

BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the 153rd General Assembly of the State of Delaware, the House of Representatives concurring therein, to remember the many significant contributions made by the Irish American Patriots in the struggle for independence.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a duly certified copy of this resolution should be sent to the American Ireland State Legislators Caucus.

SYNOPSIS

This Senate Concurrent Resolution recognizes and honors contributions made by Irish Americans to the American Revolution.

Author: Senator Walsh