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FOXX VOTES FOR NATIONAL TARTAN DAY
Washington, DC,
March 15, 2005
Recently Fifth District Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) joined her colleagues in recognizing April 6 as "National Tartan Day." The holiday will recognize the outstanding achievements and contributions made by Scottish-Americans to the history of
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"I am proud to support
this holiday, which will pay tribute to thousands of my fellow Scottish-
Americans in the Fifth District," said Rep. Foxx. "Scottish-Americans
have played a tremendous role in making our country great. Nearly half of the
signers of the Declaration of Independence were of Scottish decent. In
addition, Scottish-Americans have contributed greatly to April 6 has special significance because the Scottish Declaration of Independence, the Declaration of Arbroath, was signed on April 6, 1320. The United States Declaration of Independence was modeled in large part after its Scottish predecessor.
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