PRINTER'S NO. 1513
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
259
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY MURT, DONATUCCI, BURNS, YOUNGBLOOD, READSHAW,
BARRAR, MILLARD, KINSEY, FREEMAN, KIRKLAND AND NEILSON,
APRIL 25, 2019
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
APRIL 25, 2019
A RESOLUTION
Designating April 24, 2019, 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, Adolf 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
genocide is necessary to ensure that similar acts do not occur
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