EVENING FOR MENTIONING 92nd ANNIVERSARY OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE TO BE ORGANIZED IN CONGRESS OF STATE OF WISCONSIN
Noyan Tapan
Apr 13 2007
WASHINGTON, APRIL 13, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. The Armenian
National Committee of America Wisconsin Office, with a group of
members of the state, will organize a reception on April 24, 2007 to
mark the 92nd anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. This event will
take place at the Congress of the state of Wisconsin.
As the Armenian National Committee of America states, besides it,
a requiem liturgy will be celebrated in four Armenian churches of
the state of Wisconsin on late April 24.
The event annually organized by the Armenian National Committee of
America Wisconsin Office gives possibility to the American Armenian
community to express gratitude to the parliament of the state and
to the Senate of the state for adopting a resolution concerning the
Armenian Genocide, by which April 24 is every year marked as "the
day of mentioning the 1915-1923 Armenian Genocide in the state of
Wisconsin." According to the same source, these events make a part of
efforts on increasing awareness in the issues relating to Armenia and
Armenians as well, particularly in the issue of the Armenian Genocide.
Resolutions recognizing the historic fact of the Armenian Genocide were
adopted in the state by the lower chamber (Assembly) of the Parliament
on March 2, 2000, and by the Senate of the state on March 7, 2002.