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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2018 | |
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S E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N | |
CELEBRATING THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF FOGARTY | |
FARM IN GLOCESTER, RHODE ISLAND | |
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Introduced By: Senator Maryellen Goodwin | |
Date Introduced: June 22, 2018 | |
Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration | |
1 | WHEREAS, In May of 1918, John P. Fogarty, a bricklayer, and his wife Cora Whelan |
2 | Fogarty and their five children, William, Margaret, John, T. Frank and Ray, left the bustling |
3 | urban environs of Providence for the woods of Glocester, and in 1920 welcomed the 6th member |
4 | of the family, the Honorable Charles Fogarty, who was born at the farm, served with distinction |
5 | in the Rhode Island State Senate, and would be the father of two future Rhode Island State |
6 | Senators; and |
7 | WHEREAS, Leaving a brick bungalow with all the comforts of civilization, including |
8 | central heat, electricity and indoor plumbing, the Fogarty family found themselves now living in a |
9 | farm house with no central heat, no electricity and no indoor plumbing, located on a dirt road |
10 | which was to be their home; and |
11 | WHEREAS, As an Irish, Catholic and Democratic family now living in a solidly |
12 | Yankee, Protestant, and Republican small town, they soon found that not everyone welcomed |
13 | their arrival, as when the local Ku Klux Klan burned a cross at Fogarty Farm one Saturday night |
14 | during the 1920’s; and |
15 | WHEREAS, The Fogarty family was undaunted. They persevered and expanded the farm |
16 | and became actively involved in the community, helping to establish the Harmony Fire |
17 | Department, the local Democratic Party and the Glocester Lions Club, among several |
18 | organizations; and |
19 | WHEREAS, Although normally a reliably Republican town, the citizens of Glocester |
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1 | over the past one hundred years have elected four members of the Fogarty family to the Town |
2 | Council, sent three members to the Rhode Island State Senate, one member to the Rhode Island |
3 | House of Representatives, one member to serve as Lt. Governor of Rhode Island, and one |
4 | member to serve in the United States Congress; and |
5 | WHEREAS, Throughout this distinguished history, Fogarty Farm has served as a |
6 | gathering place for family, friends and people of all political persuasions and backgrounds at |
7 | numerous parties, community events and celebrations; and |
8 | WHEREAS, Our colleague, the Honorable Senator Paul Fogarty, is the current steward |
9 | of Fogarty Farm and his children are now the 4th generation to have lived there; and |
10 | WHEREAS, May of 2018 marks the centenary of the establishment of Fogarty Farm in |
11 | Glocester; now, therefore be it |
12 | RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations |
13 | hereby recognizes this milestone and momentous occasion and expresses its hope that Fogarty |
14 | Farm will continue to thrive in the next one hundred years; and be it further |
15 | RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to |
16 | transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to the Honorable Paul W. Fogarty and Family. |
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