KENTUCKY STATE RECOGNIZES ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

LOUISVILLE, MAY 6, ARMENIANS TODAY – NOYAN TAPAN.

U.S. Kentucky Governor Steven L. Beshear issued a proclamation
recognizing the Armenian Genocide. The proclamation brings the number
of states to formally recognize the Armenian Genocide to forty-one, the
Armenian National Committee of America reported. The proclamation
designated April 24 as "Day of Remembrance of the Armenian Genocide" in
the state of Kentucky, noting that "recognition of the ninety-third
anniversary of this genocide is paramount to guarding against the
repetition of future genocides and educating people across the
Commonwealth about the atrocities of these horrific events."