,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #afd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,february #bh1      
#bjai,ms4 ,meng 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,kim1
 ,mr4 ,cisneros1 ,mr4 ,pascrell1 and    
,mr4 ,keating7 submitted the following  
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on ,foreign ,affairs         
,,resolution  ,commemorating the        
centennial anniversary of ,korea's      
,march ,first ,movement ,day4  ,whereas 
,march #a1 #bjai1 marks the centennial  
anniversary of ,korea's ,march ,first   
,movement ,day2 ,whereas the ,korean    
,declaration of ,independence was read  
aloud in ,seoul on ,march #a1 #aiai1 and
 included the proclamation1 ,we desire a
 full measure of satisfaction in the way
 of liberty and the pursuit of          
happiness1 and an opportunity to develop
 what is in us for the glory of our     
people2 ,whereas the ,korean            
,declaration of ,independence was       
inspired by ,president ,woodrow         
,wilson's ,fourteen ,points and the     

right of a people to self-determination2
 ,whereas ,president ,wilson stated in  
an address to a ,joint ,session of      
,congress on ,february #aa1 #aiah1 that 
self-determination is not a mere phrase4
 ,it is an imperative principle of      
action2 ,whereas the ,march ,first      
,movement constitutes a foundation upon 
which the ,republic of ,korea stands    
today as a global leader and one of     
,america's greatest foreign policy      
success stories2 ,whereas ,yu ,gwan-sun1
 a #af-year-old young woman1 joined     
alongside her classmates at the ,march  
#a1 #aiai1 independence demonstrations  
and later became the face of the ,korean
 independence movement2 ,whereas ,yu    
,gwan-sun was a student at ,ewha        
,haktang in ,seoul1 which was           
established by ,american missionaries as
 the first modern educational           
institution for women in ,korea2        
,whereas ,yu ,gwan-sun was imprisoned   
and tortured at ,seodaemun ,prison in   
,seoul1 and on the first anniversary of 

the ,march ,first ,movement1 cried out1 
,even if my fingernails are torn out1 my
 nose and ears are ripped apart1 and my 
legs and arms are crushed1 this physical
 pain does not compare to the pain of   
losing my nation42 ,whereas1 on ,march  
#bh1 #bjah1 the ,new ,york ,times issued
 an obituary about ,yu ,gwan-sun in its 
series titled ,overlooked ,no ,more2    
,whereas ,korea's ,march ,first         
,movement included contributions from   
several prominent ,koreans that were    
educated and resided in the ,united     
,states2 ,whereas these notable persons 
included ,dr4 ,syngman ,rhee1 the first 
,president of the ,republic of ,korea1  
who received his doctorate from         
,princeton ,university in #aiaj from    
then ,president of the ,university1     
,woodrow ,wilson1 and addressed a ,joint
 ,meeting of ,congress on ,july #bh1    
#aied2 ,whereas ,kim ,kyu-,sik was among
 the earliest to receive a bachelor's   
degree in the ,united ,states from      
,roanoke ,college in #aijc2 ,whereas    

,dosan ,ahn ,chang ,ho was one of the   
early leaders of the ,korean-,american  
community1 having immigrated to ,san    
,francisco in ,october #aijb1 and       
established the ,friendship ,society in 
#aijc1 the first ,korean-,american      
organization2 ,whereas ,representative  
,diane ,watson of ,california sponsored 
the bill that was enacted on ,june #be1 
#bjjd1 as ,public ,law #ajh-bci1        
designating the facility of the ,united 
,states ,postal ,service located at     
#cgea ,west #fth ,street in ,los        
,angeles1 ,california1 as the ,dosan    
,ahn ,chang ,ho ,post ,office1 the first
 such facility to be named in honor of  
an ,asian-,american2 ,whereas ,philip   
,jaisohn was the first ,korean to become
 a naturalized citizen of the ,united   
,states in #ahij and was the first      
,korean to receive a ,united ,states    
medical degree from ,columbia ,medical  
,college1 now the ,george ,washington   
,university ,school of ,medicine and    
,health ,sciences2 ,whereas1 on ,april  

#ad through #af1 #aiai1 following the   
,march ,first ,movement1 ,dr4 ,syngman  
,rhee1 with ,philip ,jaisohn1 organized 
the first conference of                 
,korean-,american organizations called  
the ,first ,korean ,congress1 which was 
held at the ,little ,theatre on         
,delancey ,place in ,philadelphia to    
symbolize ,korea's independence         
movement1 having drawn inspiration from 
the ,united ,states ,declaration of     
,independence nearly a century and a    
half earlier2 ,whereas ,korea's ,march  
,first ,movement's principles of        
self-determination1 human rights1 and   
nonviolence impacted similar movements  
throughout the world in #aiai such as   
,satyagraha1 the nonviolent resistance  
developed by ,mahatma ,gandhi and       
implemented by the ,indian ,national    
,congress on ,april #e1 #aiai2 and      
,whereas the goals and ideals of the    
,march ,first ,movement continue to     
reside in the hearts and minds of the   
,korean-,american community3 ,now1      

therefore1 be it  ,that the ,house of   
,representatives-- 7#a7 commemorates the
 centennial anniversary of ,korea's     
,march ,first ,movement ,day2  7#b7     
recognizes the role of ,yu ,gwan-sun and
 the impact of all youth human rights   
activists2  7#c7 recognizes the         
significant and indelible contributions 
of ,korean ,americans to the vibrancy of
 ,united ,states society1 politics1     
culture1 and the economy2 and  7#d7     
reaffirms the ,united ,states-,korea    
alliance as the lynchpin of ,united     
,states engagement in ,northeast ,asia  
through the shared values of democracy1 
free-market economy1 human rights1 and  
the rule of law4