PRINTER'S NO. 3101
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
778
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY MURT, ACOSTA, BAKER, BARRAR, BRADFORD,
CALTAGIRONE, COHEN, D. COSTA, DUSH, GINGRICH, HEFFLEY,
HENNESSEY, KAVULICH, KILLION, KIRKLAND, MAHONEY, MARSICO,
MILLARD, NEILSON, RAPP, READSHAW, ROSS, ROTHMAN, SONNEY,
THOMAS, TOOHIL, VEREB, VITALI, WATSON, WHEELAND AND
YOUNGBLOOD, APRIL 6, 2016
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
APRIL 6, 2016
A RESOLUTION
Designating April 24, 2016, as "Pennsylvania's Day of
Remembrance of the Armenian Genocide of 1915-1923."
WHEREAS, Between 1915 and 1923, the Turkish Ottoman Empire
perpetrated genocide on 1.5 million men, women and children of
Armenian descent; and
WHEREAS, The massacre of the Armenian people attempted to
eliminate all traces of the 3,000-year-old Armenian culture and
constituted a crime against humanity; and
WHEREAS, In order to encourage his followers, Adolph Hitler
asked, "Who remembers the Armenians?" prior to his initiation of
the Holocaust of European Jews; and
WHEREAS, By remembering and openly condemning the atrocities
committed against the Armenians, the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania affirms the need for constant vigilance to prevent
similar atrocities in the future; and
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