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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2012 | |
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S E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N | |
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COMMEMORATING THE CELEBRATION OF ST. PATRICK'S DAY | |
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Introduced By: Senators Crowley, Goodwin, McCaffrey, P Fogarty, and Lynch | |
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Date Introduced: March 15, 2012 | |
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Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration | |
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WHEREAS, St. Patrick, the apostle to Ireland, demonstrated the courage of his spiritual |
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convictions by returning to the scene of his former enslavement and single-handedly assaulting |
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the stronghold of Druidism; and |
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WHEREAS, Wielding the devotion of his faith like a great sword of righteousness, and |
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using the strength of his intellect and the power of his passions, Saint Patrick assimilated the |
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ancient pagan Irish myths into a Christian message, and in so doing, converted all of Ireland to |
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Christianity during his lifetime; and |
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WHEREAS, On March 17th, during the annual celebration of the Feast of Saint Patrick, |
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which began more than fifteen centuries after his death, Irish-Americans join with men, women, |
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and children of all other ethnic origins who, for one day, become Irish and celebrate Patrick and |
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his love of Ireland; and |
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WHEREAS, On Saint Patrick's Day, all who wear the green live for a day in the spirit of |
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Saints Patrick, Bridget, and Columcille, and in the mythical wonders of Cuchullain, Finn, Osian, |
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and Deirdre of the Sorrows; and |
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WHEREAS, Irish immigrants to Rhode Island helped form the cultural foundation of our |
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state, and Rhode Islanders of Irish lineage today proudly sing of their roots in Ballinamore and |
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Ballinasloe, in Ennistymon and Enniscorthy, in Cahirciveen and Castlebarr, and in Skibbereen |
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and Skerries; and |
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WHEREAS, The songs of Ireland are the tragic songs of love and the joyous songs of |
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battle; the nostalgic reveries of the sorrows and the glories that are the Emerald Isle; and the |
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lamentations of life's myriad travails and the odes to joy and the life eternal; now, therefore be it |
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RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations |
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hereby commemorates the celebration of the Feast of St. Patrick, the Patron Saint of Ireland. |
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