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
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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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