IN HR0013

Recognizes the 250th anniversary of the United States and acknowledges Irish contributions to American independence

Honors eight Irish American signatories of the Declaration of Independence, including three born in Ireland: Thomas McKean, Charles Carroll, James Smith, George Taylor, Matthew Thornton, Edward Rutledge, Thomas Lynch Jr., and George Read

Notes that the first 200 copies of the Declaration of Independence were printed by John Dunlap, an emigrant from County Tyrone, Ireland, and the document first appeared internationally in the Belfast Newsletter

Credits Stephen Moylan, George Washington's Irish American aide-de-camp, as the first person to commit the phrase "United States of America" to paper 250 years ago

Directs the Principal Clerk to transmit copies of the resolution to State Representative Timothy O'Brien for distribution