MONTEBELLO MAYOR’S OFFICE MARKS 40th ANNIVERSARY OF MEMORIAL TO VICTIMS OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE BUILT BY ITS DECISION

Noyan Tapan
Armenians Today
Apr 18 2007

MONTEBELLO, APRIL 18, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. The other day
Montebello Mayor’s Council adopted a declaration, according to which
the 40th anniversary of decision of Mayor’s Office on building a
memorial to the victims of Armenian Genocide will be marked. According
to that decision, dozens of years ago the memorial was built and
placed at the Bignell public park.

During the solemn ceremony, at which more than a hundred members
of Armenian community of Montebello, representatives of ARFD party,
clergymen and pupils of Mesropian national college were present, Mayor
Norma Lopez-Reid read the declaration and handed it to representative
of memorial’s council, Michael Minasian.

Vigen Bagratuni, Chairman of Armenian National Committee, expressing
gratitude to the Mayor and members of Council invited the latters
to the political rally to be held on April 23 near the memorial to
the victims.

Highly estimating the brave conduct of Montebello Mayor’s Council
in his speech, Bagratuni, in particular, said: "Fourty years ago
Montebello Mayor’s Council resisted the pressures of Ambassador
of Turkey to U.S. and built the memorial to victims of Armenian
Genocide. Two years ago it opposed to the pressures of Ambassador
of Azerbaijan to U.S. and approved the status of sister cities with
the capital of the independent republic of Artsakh, Stepanakert. We
are grateful to the Mayor’s Council, moreover, we are proud of their
brave conduct."