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THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMLSSIONERS <br />A PROCLAMATION <br />for <br />ARMENIAN MARTYRS DAY <br />[N REMEMBRANCE OF ATROCITIES OF THE 20'^ CENTURY <br />Wf3EAPAS, bmve®1915-1923, the exrexmiuatiov vfmae tlw oveand vve-halfmillwv <br />Asmeviavs and Ne depomtion ofcomtNU oNer Asmrnians tookplace by Ne Ortnman <br />Tml~: ana <br />WHEREAS, durwg Nis ao-ociry, Axmenans were furred rowimess Ne slaughterolthev <br />rela4ves and We lou ofNeh amcsnal homdm3; and <br />W WPFFAS, Artn®iam assert that the govemmmtt of modemday ivxkey>~uses ro <br />recognize the facts ofgmaide; aM <br />Wf1EAA5, [he denial ofNe Armmiaugmocitle by Ne p~o'm[ day Twkish government <br />mm ro taint Ne hiatmy and duevows Axmemans vF the right ro Mcu homelands and <br />beritege~avd <br />WHERAS, ancestral Armenian lands tak®by We Ottoman Twts have notbem resumedm <br />the Atmerdavpevple,nmhave the Atmrnians received compmsativn for they loaves; and <br />WHERAS, Armenians o-aditiuvaeY d®ignamd ApN 34m a9 ARMENIAN MARTYRS <br />DAY, N rccogiition aMrememMavice of NOSewM d¢d during the Armewn genocide; and <br />wHERAS, orange eonntr ends a ~4naerimpnwnt m xanemberNe a~ames mmmirma <br />agaves[ oNas mN<vame or Nigious, rmial andeNnic cleansing so Na[we donut forge[ Ne <br />meviuble oaacmne ofomdailY inmleran¢s; aM <br />WEIDRAS, i[is importav[(o xememba hismry so Natxw'takes ofNe pest flte no[rtpcattd <br />kv tonne genaaeovs; <br />NOW, THERP.FORE, tlo we, N<COmwuwvea of Orange Covnry, prmlahn ApN 24°, <br />3002 as Afinertiav Martyri Day and mmmmd Nis nbservame m all Orange Cowry cidzvu <br />in rememhavtt of the anonties of Ne 20'" ¢nmry. <br />THIS THB 1F"a DAY OF APRIL, 2W2 <br />Ea¢y Jambs, Chain <br />Orange Cowry Boazd ofCOmtvissinver <br />