ANOTHER THREE US STATES ACKNOWLEDGED ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

Tennessee, Nebraska and Louisiana have joined the fast growing number of states who have acknowledged the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Turkey. As reported by the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA), the Governors of these states issued proclamations citing a “Day of Remembrance of the Armenian Genocide,” referring to the fact of mass elimination of the Armenian population by the Young Turk Government in 1915-1923. Thus, the total number of states in the U.S. reaffirming the Armenian Genocide has now reached 36. The step by the leadership of the three states emphasizes the ultimate futility of Turkish efforts to distort the facts about the Genocide of Armenians, commented ANCA Executive Director Aram Hamparian. It should be noted that in the course of the last month, five new states have issued proclamations marking April 24th as an official Day of Remembrance of the Armenian Genocide.