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
Designating April 24, 2025, 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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WHEREAS, Armenia became a free and democratic republic after
nearly 70 years of oppressive Soviet rule; and
WHEREAS, Armenian Americans residing in Pennsylvania have
greatly enriched this Commonwealth as leaders in business,
agriculture, academia, government and the arts; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania designate April 24, 2025, as
"Pennsylvania's Day of Remembrance of the Armenian Genocide of
1915-1923"; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to
the Armenian National Committee of America National
Headquarters, 1711 N Street NW, Washington, DC 20036.
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