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Senate reads and adopts proclamations for Evacuation Day and Irish American Heritage Month
Summary
The Senate read gubernatorial proclamations honoring Evacuation Day (March 17) and declaring March 2025 as Irish American Heritage Month and moved to add those remarks to the Senate Journal.
The Massachusetts Senate read and placed on the record proclamations recognizing Evacuation Day (March 17) and declaring March 2025 Irish American Heritage Month.
Senator Julian Cyr, identified in the record as the senator from Cape and Islands, introduced resolutions and read an evacuation day proclamation that recounted the March 17, 1776 Fortification of Dorchester Heights and the British retreat from Boston Harbor. The proclamation presented in the chamber stated that Governor Maura T. Healey, Lieutenant Governor Kimberly Driscoll and Secretary of the Commonwealth William Francis Galvin signed the document and proclaimed March 17 to be Evacuation Day in the Commonwealth.
Senator Patrick O'Connor read a separate gubernatorial proclamation declaring March 2025 Irish American Heritage Month, noting historical contributions of Irish Americans in the state and referencing the Boston Irish Heritage Trail (established 1994) and the South Shore Irish Heritage Trail (established 2022).
The presiding officer moved that the remarks on Evacuation Day and Irish American Heritage Month be added to the Senate Journal. The transcript does not record substantive debate or objections to adding the remarks to the journal; the record shows the resolutions were adopted and the matter was entered into the proceedings.
The proclamations emphasize historical and cultural observances but do not create new policy or statutory changes.
