Pennsylvania recognizes Armenian Genocide
Yerkir
14.05.2004 13:39
YEREVAN (YERKIR) – The Pennsylvania House of Representatives
unanimously passed a resolution designating April 24, 2004 as
“Pennsylvania’s Day of Remembrance of the Armenian Genocide of
1915-1923,” reported the Armenian National Committee (ANC) of
Pennsylvania.
The resolution identifies the Ottoman Empire as the perpetrators of
a genocide that claimed the lives of one and a half million Armenian
men, women, and children from 1915 to 1923. It also acknowledges
that modern Turkey continues to deny and distort the facts of the
Armenian Genocide.
In addition to the Pennsylvania House Resolution, the Pittsburgh
City Council passed a proclamation declaring April 24, 2004 “A Day
of Remembrance” for the victims of the Armenian Genocide.