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    REP. PALLONE CALLS ON WHITE HOUSE TO "SIDE WITH HISTORICAL HONESTY" AND ALLOW DISPLAY OF ARMENIAN ORPHAN RUG

    14:21 31.10.2013

    Congressional Armenian Caucus Co-Chairman Frank Pallone (D-NJ)
    urged President Obama to reverse an earlier decision and allow the
    display of the Armenian Genocide orphan rug, noting that the Turkish
    Government should not be allowed to dictate whether this cultural
    treasure is available to the public, reported the Armenian National
    Committee of America (ANCA).

    In a letter send to the White House, Rep. Pallone stated that "the
    refusal of the White House's to allow display of the rug without
    explanation denies the American people access to a national treasure
    and suggests that discussion of the events surrounding the Armenian
    Genocide is unwelcome. The Armenian American community continues to
    make valuable contributions to the United States and our government
    should be committed to helping the community explore their history,
    including the Armenian Genocide."

    "We want to thank Congressman Pallone for pressing the Obama
    Administration to do the right thing," said ANCA Executive Director
    Aram Hamparian. "It is a truly tragic testament to the depths of
    our Administration's deference to Ankara's angry and irrational
    genocide denial campaign that our White House - having been gagged
    into silence by Turkey on the Armenian Genocide - is now allowing
    this foreign government to dictate which works of art - U.S. property
    and part of our American history - we are allowed to display at the
    Smithsonian Institution."

    Congressman Pallone joins Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA) in pressing
    the White House to allow display of the Armenian Genocide Orphan rug
    through individual letters. This week, Representatives David Valadao
    (R-CA) and Adam Schiff (D-CA) launched a Congressional letter urging
    their colleagues to band together in petitioning the White House to
    release the rug for view. Both Representatives Pallone and Sherman
    have cosigned the letter along with a growing bi-partisan list of
    House Members.

    The ANCA launched a grassroots campaign last week calling upon the
    White House and Congress to secure a prominent and permanent public
    display of the historic rug, woven by Armenian Genocide orphans
    and presented to President Calvin Coolidge on December 4, 1925 in
    appreciation for U.S. humanitarian assistance in the aftermath of
    Turkey's murder of over 1.5 million Armenians from 1915-1923.

    The Armenian orphan rug measures 11'7â~@³ x 18'5â~@³ and is comprised
    of 4,404,206 individual knots. It took the Armenian girls in the
    Ghazir Orphanage of the Near East Relief Society 10 months to weave. A
    label on the back of the rug, in large hand-written letters, reads
    "IN GOLDEN RULE GRATITUDE TO PRESIDENT COOLIDGE."

    http://www.armradio.am/en/2013/10/31/rep-pallone-calls-on-white-house-to-side-with-historical-honesty-and-allow-display-of-armenian-orphan-rug/

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