[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 194 (Wednesday, December 14, 2022)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1284]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         HONORING NORTHAMPTON TOWNSHIP ON THEIR TRI-CENTENNIAL

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                       HON. BRIAN K. FITZPATRICK

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, December 14, 2022

  Mr. FITZPATRICK. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize an 
incredible municipality within my district on the tri-centennial of its 
incorporation.
  Northampton Township, Bucks County was originally settled by English 
colonists who came with William Penn on his voyage to Pennsylvania. On 
December 11, 1722, a petition and a map were presented to the Quarter 
Sessions Court in Bristol, Pennsylvania to establish a new township on 
lands lying ``between Southampton Township and other lands and 
Neshaminy Creek.'' The petition was signed by 21 petitioners. The court 
took this petition under advisement and on December 14, 1722, in under 
5 days, the petition was approved and Northampton Township was born. 
They named it Northampton after the county town of Northamptonshire, 
England.
  I believe it is fitting that Congress recognize this milestone as 
testament to the men and women who recognized the value of self-
governance 54 years before our Nation declared independence from an 
oppressive government. I am extremely grateful for the example and the 
impact that Northampton Township has had on our community for the past 
300 years, and I look forward to the amazing achievements to come in 
the next 300 years.

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