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2018 -- S 2996 Enacted 06/22/2018

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

Introduced By: Senator Maryellen Goodwin

Date Introduced: June 22, 2018

WHEREAS, In May of 1918, John P. Fogarty, a bricklayer, and his wife Cora Whelan

Fogarty and their five children, William, Margaret, John, T. Frank and Ray, left the bustling

urban environs of Providence for the woods of Glocester, and in 1920 welcomed the 6th member

of the family, the Honorable Charles Fogarty, who was born at the farm, served with distinction

in the Rhode Island State Senate, and would be the father of two future Rhode Island State

Senators; and

WHEREAS, Leaving a brick bungalow with all the comforts of civilization, including

central heat, electricity and indoor plumbing, the Fogarty family found themselves now living in a

farm house with no central heat, no electricity and no indoor plumbing, located on a dirt road

which was to be their home; and

WHEREAS, As an Irish, Catholic and Democratic family now living in a solidly

Yankee, Protestant, and Republican small town, they soon found that not everyone welcomed

their arrival, as when the local Ku Klux Klan burned a cross at Fogarty Farm one Saturday night

during the 1920’s; and

WHEREAS, The Fogarty family was undaunted. They persevered and expanded the farm

and became actively involved in the community, helping to establish the Harmony Fire

Department, the local Democratic Party and the Glocester Lions Club, among several

organizations; and

WHEREAS, Although normally a reliably Republican town, the citizens of Glocester

over the past one hundred years have elected four members of the Fogarty family to the Town

Council, sent three members to the Rhode Island State Senate, one member to the Rhode Island

House of Representatives, one member to serve as Lt. Governor of Rhode Island, and one

member to serve in the United States Congress; and

WHEREAS, Throughout this distinguished history, Fogarty Farm has served as a

gathering place for family, friends and people of all political persuasions and backgrounds at

numerous parties, community events and celebrations; and

WHEREAS, Our colleague, the Honorable Senator Paul Fogarty, is the current steward

of Fogarty Farm and his children are now the 4th generation to have lived there; and

WHEREAS, May of 2018 marks the centenary of the establishment of Fogarty Farm in

Glocester; now, therefore be it

RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

hereby recognizes this milestone and momentous occasion and expresses its hope that Fogarty

Farm will continue to thrive in the next one hundred years; and be it further

RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to the Honorable Paul W. Fogarty and Family.

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