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CALIFORNIA STATE SENATORS CHARLES POOCHIGIAN AND JOSEPH SIMITIAN TO
INTORDUCE RESOLUTION ON DESIGNATING SEPT 21 AS ARMENIAN INDEPENDENCE DAY
Armenpress
YEREVAN, AUGUST 7, ARMENPRESS: California State Senators Charles
Poochigian (R-Fresno) and Joseph Simitian (D-Palo Alto) decided to
introduce a resolution in the State Senate designating September 21,
2006 as "Armenian Independence Day."
A similar resolution will also be introduced in the State Assembly
by Majority Leader Dario Frommer (D-Glendale) and Assembly Member
Greg Aghazarian (R-Stockton), making California the first state to
mark the anniversary of Armenia's independence.
Both resolutions recognize September 21, as "A Day of Celebration
of the California-Armenia Relationship," and encourage the people
of California to recognize the many talents, achievements, and
contributions that Californians of Armenian heritage make.
The resolutions also note that California is home to the largest
population of Armenians in the U.S., and state, "those citizens have
enriched California through leadership in the fields of academia,
medicine, business, agriculture, government, and the arts, and are
proud patriotic practitioners of the American citizenship."
INTORDUCE RESOLUTION ON DESIGNATING SEPT 21 AS ARMENIAN INDEPENDENCE DAY
Armenpress
YEREVAN, AUGUST 7, ARMENPRESS: California State Senators Charles
Poochigian (R-Fresno) and Joseph Simitian (D-Palo Alto) decided to
introduce a resolution in the State Senate designating September 21,
2006 as "Armenian Independence Day."
A similar resolution will also be introduced in the State Assembly
by Majority Leader Dario Frommer (D-Glendale) and Assembly Member
Greg Aghazarian (R-Stockton), making California the first state to
mark the anniversary of Armenia's independence.
Both resolutions recognize September 21, as "A Day of Celebration
of the California-Armenia Relationship," and encourage the people
of California to recognize the many talents, achievements, and
contributions that Californians of Armenian heritage make.
The resolutions also note that California is home to the largest
population of Armenians in the U.S., and state, "those citizens have
enriched California through leadership in the fields of academia,
medicine, business, agriculture, government, and the arts, and are
proud patriotic practitioners of the American citizenship."