MONUMENT TO ARMENIAN GENOCIDE VICTIMS TO BE INAUGURATED IN FRESNO

Pan Armenian
19.10.2005 18:50 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Fresno Mayor Alan Autry announced on October 10 his
commitment to build in the near future a monument to the memory of
the victims of the Armenian Genocide. The announcement was made during
the Fresno visit of His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Great House
of Cilicia. In addition to the Pontiff, present were a large group of
representatives of the Fresno Armenian American community. Plans for
erecting a Genocide Monument in Fresno is yet another step in the road
toward justice and proper recognition of the 1915 genocide committed
against the Armenian people by the Ottoman Turkish government. Since
the U.S. has always stood for tolerance, human rights and justice the
U.S. Congress must recognize the Armenian Genocide and thereby demand
justice for this crime against humanity," His Holiness Aram I stated.