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VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> f. Armenian Martyrs Day <br /> The Board considered proclaiming April 24, 1998, as Armenian Martyrs Day. Commissioner <br /> Halkiotis read this proclamation. <br /> A motion was made by Commissioner Halkiotis, seconded by Commissioner Carey to <br /> approve the proclamation as stated below: <br /> PROCLAMATION <br /> FOR <br /> ARMENIAN MARTYRS DAY <br /> APRIL 24TH, 1998 <br /> WHEREAS, between 1915-1923, the extermination of more than one and one-half million Armenians and <br /> the deportation of countless other Armenians took place by the Ottoman Turks; and <br /> WHEREAS, during this atrocity, Armenians were forced to witness the slaughter of their relatives and the <br /> loss of their ancestral homelands; and <br /> WHEREAS, Armenians assert that the government of modern day Turkey refuses to recognize the facts <br /> of the genocide; and <br /> WHEREAS, the denial of the Armenian genocide by the present day Turkish government serves to taint <br /> history and disavows Armenians of the right to their homeland and heritage; and serves to taint history <br /> and disavows Armenians of the right to their homeland and heritage; and <br /> WHEREAS, ancestral Armenian lands taken by the Ottoman Turks have not been returned to the <br /> Armenian people, nor have the Armenians received compensation for their losses; and <br /> WHEREAS, Armenians have traditionally designated April 24th as ARMENIAN MARTYRS DAY, in <br /> recognition and remembrance of those who died during the Armenian genocide; and <br /> WHEREAS, it is important to remember history so that mistakes of the past are not repeated in future <br /> generations. <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, the Orange County Board of Commissioners proclaims April 24, 1998 as <br /> ARMENIAN MARTYRS DAY <br /> in Orange County, North Carolina this the 7th day of April, 1998. <br /> VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> g, National Drinking Water Week <br /> The Board considered proclaiming May 3-9, 1998, as National Drinking Water Week in <br /> Orange County. Chair Margaret Brown read this proclamation. <br /> A motion was made by Commissioner Halkiotis, seconded by Commissioner Gordon to <br /> approve the proclamation as stated below: <br /> PROCLAMATION <br /> DRINKING WATER WEEK <br /> IN <br />