SCHWARZENEGGER RECOGNIZES THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
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| 14:23:50 | 22-04-2005 | Social |
Governor of the State of California Arnold Schwazenegger has maden
an announcement about the Armenian Genocide which we fully quote
here. «Ninety years ago today, the Ottoman Turkish government waged
a war of terror on Armenian culture through the brutal deportation,
imprisonment and decimation of men, women and children of Armenian
descent.
By 1923, the Ottoman Empire had dissolved, but its monstrous attempt
at ethnic cleansing left more than 1.5 million Armenians massacred
and 500,000 survivors forcibly exiled from their ancestral homeland.
Today, the Republic of Armenia remains as the world’s reminder of the
Armenian Genocide and of the indestructible spirit of a people. It
is a nation founded on the principles of freedom and democracy
that we as Americans prize above all else. Our state’s flourishing
Armenian-American population – the largest outside of Armenia – has
left its indelible stamp on our state’s history, industry and culture.
Each year, the Day of Remembrance of the Armenian Genocide brings an
opportunity for all people to scrutinize the cause and consequence of
this grim massacre. To carve out a secure future free from intolerance
and persecution, we must examine the past and heed history’s lessons
of forewarning – for the sake of future generations who inherit our
civilization.
In 1969, then-Governor Ronald Reagan said, “Today, I humbly bow in
memory of the Armenian martyrs, who died in the name of freedom.” On
the 90th anniversary of this great human tragedy, Californians continue
to join with freedom-loving people around the world to honor the
Armenian people as they continue to show the world the true meaning
of hope, renewal and perseverance.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER, Governor of the State of
California, do hereby proclaim April 24, 2005, as a “Day of Remembrance
of the Armenian Genocide.”»
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