HR 171 — A Resolution designating April 24, 2025, as "Pennsylvania's Day of Remembrance of the Armenian Genocide of 1915-1923."

PRINTER'S NO.    1230

                  THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



           HOUSE RESOLUTION
              No. 171
                                              Session of
                                                2025

     INTRODUCED BY SANCHEZ, SAMUELSON, GIRAL, McNEILL, HOWARD,
        DELLOSO, FREEMAN, KENYATTA, HILL-EVANS AND GREEN,
        APRIL 3, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, APRIL 3, 2025


                               A RESOLUTION
 1   Designating April 24, 2025, as "Pennsylvania's Day of
 2      Remembrance of the Armenian Genocide of 1915-1923."
 3      WHEREAS, Between 1915 and 1923, the Turkish-Ottoman Empire
 4   perpetrated genocide on 1.5 million men, women and children of
 5   Armenian descent; and
 6      WHEREAS, The massacre of the Armenian people attempted to
 7   eliminate all traces of the 3,000-year-old Armenian culture and
 8   constituted a crime against humanity; and
 9      WHEREAS, In order to encourage his followers, Adolf Hitler
10   asked, "Who remembers the Armenians?" prior to his initiation of
11   the Holocaust of European Jews; and
12      WHEREAS, By remembering and openly condemning the atrocities
13   committed against the Armenians, the Commonwealth of
14   Pennsylvania affirms the need for constant vigilance to prevent
15   similar atrocities in the future; and
16      WHEREAS, Recognition and public awareness of the Armenian
17   genocide is necessary to ensure that similar acts do not occur
 1   in the future; and
 2      WHEREAS, Armenia became a free and democratic republic after
 3   nearly 70 years of oppressive Soviet rule; and
 4      WHEREAS, Armenian Americans residing in Pennsylvania have
 5   greatly enriched this Commonwealth as leaders in business,
 6   agriculture, academia, government and the arts; therefore be it
 7      RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the
 8   Commonwealth of Pennsylvania designate April 24, 2025, as
 9   "Pennsylvania's Day of Remembrance of the Armenian Genocide of
10   1915-1923"; and be it further
11      RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to
12   the Armenian National Committee of America National
13   Headquarters, 1711 N Street NW, Washington, DC 20036.




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