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PETITION TO OBAMA TO FREE ARMENIAN "ORPHAN RUG"
http://www.armradio.am/en/2013/10/31/petition-to-obama-to-free-armenian-orphan-rug/
12:08 31.10.2013
Petition posted on the White House website calls on the Obama
Administration to share the Armenian Orphan Rug with the American
people. The petition reads:
"The White House should make available for public display to the
Smithsonian Institution the rug woven by Armenian refugee orphans in
1925 and given as a gift to President Calvin Coolidge to thank the
American people for the generous humanitarian support they gave the
Armenians after World War One."
The Washington Post's shocking revelation that the White House has
blocked a planned Smithsonian exhibit of an Armenian Genocide-era
work of art has sparked thousands of calls and emails to Congress
urging the public display of the historic "Armenian Orphan Rug"
woven by child survivors of the Genocide.
A bipartisan effort in Congress, spearheaded by Representatives David
Valadao (R-CA) and Adam Schiff (D-CA), is collecting signatures on
a letter calling on the White House to permanently and prominently
display the rug.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2013/10/31/petition-to-obama-to-free-armenian-orphan-rug/
12:08 31.10.2013
Petition posted on the White House website calls on the Obama
Administration to share the Armenian Orphan Rug with the American
people. The petition reads:
"The White House should make available for public display to the
Smithsonian Institution the rug woven by Armenian refugee orphans in
1925 and given as a gift to President Calvin Coolidge to thank the
American people for the generous humanitarian support they gave the
Armenians after World War One."
The Washington Post's shocking revelation that the White House has
blocked a planned Smithsonian exhibit of an Armenian Genocide-era
work of art has sparked thousands of calls and emails to Congress
urging the public display of the historic "Armenian Orphan Rug"
woven by child survivors of the Genocide.
A bipartisan effort in Congress, spearheaded by Representatives David
Valadao (R-CA) and Adam Schiff (D-CA), is collecting signatures on
a letter calling on the White House to permanently and prominently
display the rug.