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PRINTER'S NO. 1140
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
191
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY MURT, BIZZARRO, V. BROWN, CALTAGIRONE, D. COSTA,
DiGIROLAMO, DRISCOLL, DUSH, FRANKEL, FREEMAN, GILLEN,
HEFFLEY, HENNESSEY, KINSEY, MARSICO, NEILSON, PASHINSKI,
READSHAW, ROTHMAN, SONNEY, VITALI AND WATSON, MARCH 28, 2017
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
MARCH 28, 2017
A RESOLUTION
Designating April 24, 2017, 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
WHEREAS, Recognition and public awareness of the Armenian
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genocide is necessary to ensure that similar acts do not occur
in the future; and
WHEREAS, Armenia became a free and democratic republic after
nearly 70 years of oppressive Soviet rule; and
WHEREAS, Armenian Americans residing in the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania have greatly enriched this Commonwealth as leaders
in business, agriculture, academia, government and the arts;
therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania designate April 24, 2017, as
"Pennsylvania's Day of Remembrance of the Armenian Genocide of
1915-1923"; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to
the Armenian National Committee of America, 1711 N Street NW,
Washington, DC 20036.
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