WEEK OF APRIL 20TH THROUGH APRIL 27TH PROCLAIMED AS "DAYS OF REMEMBRANCE OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE"
Noyan Tapan
April 18, 2008
SACRAMENTO, APRIL 18, ARMENIANS TODAY – NOYAN TAPAN. Arnold
Schwartzneger, the Governor of the State of California, has proclaimed
April 20-27 as "Days of Remembrance of the Armenian Genocide."
The proclamation of Governor of California Arnold Schwartzneger
runs, in particular, as follows: "Every April, we take time to
commemorate the lives of those forever devastated by the Armenian
Genocide. Between 1915 and 1923, more than one million Armenians were
killed in the territory of the Ottoman Empire, and countless more
lost everything they owned. Often listed as the first genocide of the
twentieth century, these events had a life-altering impact on many,
and stimulated an Armenian Diaspora.
California has ensured that those lost and affected by this tragedy
will not be forgotten. In 2006, I signed Assembly Bill 1210, authored
by Assemblyman Lloyd Levine, to allow construction of a memorial
for California’s survivors in Capitol Park. Additionally, in 2005,
I signed Senate Bill 424 authored by Senator Chuck Poochigian, which
designated in state law a specific time to observe the California
Days of Remembrance of the Armenian Genocide.
I ask all Californians to take time this week to reflect on this
tragedy and its consequences."