HomeMy Public PortalAboutProclamation Armenian Genocide 2015_201504101025285760ELECTED OFFICIALS:
Mark S. Sideris,
Council President
Stephen P. Corbett,
Vice President
Aaron Dushku,
Councilor At Large
Susan G. Falkoff,
Councilor At Large
Anthony Palomba,
Councilor At Large
Angeline B. Kounelis,
District A Councilor
Cecilia Lenk,
District B Councilor
Vincent J. Piccirilli, Jr.,
District C Councilor
Kenneth M. Woodland,
District D Councilor
Watertown Town Council
Administration Building
149 Main Street
Watertown, MA 02472
Phone: 617-972-6470
PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS: The first genocide of the twentieth century occurred in
Armenia on April 24, 1915, where the systematic and deliberate
extermination of more than one and one half million Armenians was
carried out; in addition to the deportation of countless others; and,
WHEREAS: One Hundred Years ago, Armenians were forced to witness
the premeditated murders of their families and the loss of their
homeland; and,
WHEREAS: The truth and facts that the Armenian Genocide actually
occurred continues to be denied to this day by the Turkish government,
which deprives the Armenian people of a right to their history,
reparations for their losses, and a return of their ancestral Armenian
lands; and,
WHEREAS: On April 24, 2015, we will proclaim and recognize the
anniversary of Armenian Martyr's Day to remember this horrific event
and its victims;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Town Council of the City
known as the Town of Watertown, hereby commemorates and remembers
the 100th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide on April 24, 2015 and
requests the Citizens of Watertown to give due observance of this day.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have
Hereunto set my hand and caused the
Great Seal of the Town Of Watertown
affixed on this 14th day of April, 2015.
Mark S. Sideris, Council President