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MARKEY COMMENDS WHITE HOUSE DECISION TO DISPLAY ARMENIAN ORPHAN RUG
States News Service
October 15, 2014 Wednesday
WASHINGTON
The following information was released by Massachusetts Senator Edward
J. Markey:
Senator Previously Urged White House to Hold Historic Exhibition
BOSTON (October 15, 2014) - Today, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.)
applauded the Obama Administration's announcement that the "Armenian
Orphan Rug" will be displayed later this year and praised President
Obama and the White House for acting to display this important symbol.
The Armenian Orphan Rug was made by survivors of the Armenian Genocide
and presented to then-President Calvin Coolidge in 1925 in appreciation
of American assistance to the survivors of the genocide.
It took Armenian girls in the Ghazir Orphanage of the Near East Relief
Society ten months to weave. "The Armenian Orphan Rug is an important
piece of our history. Its display serves not just as a reminder of
the horrors of the Armenian Genocide but also of the longstanding
friendship between the Armenian and American people," said Senator
Markey. "I commend President Obama and the White House for working
with me and my Congressional colleagues to ensure that this rug can
be given the public exhibition that it deserves." "The Armenian Orphan
Rug, given to President Coolidge as a symbolic thank you for America's
humanitarian relief effort in helping to save the survivors of the
Armenian Genocide, is a treasured piece of American history," stated
Armenian Assembly of America Executive Director Bryan Ardouny. "As
such we welcome today's announcement by the White House and look
forward to the permanent display of this historic rug," Ardouny
continued. Senator Markey wrote to President Obama last December to
urge him to make the rug available for display, consistent with the
need to protect and preserve this precious reminder of a dark chapter
in the history of Armenia and the world. # # #
States News Service
October 15, 2014 Wednesday
WASHINGTON
The following information was released by Massachusetts Senator Edward
J. Markey:
Senator Previously Urged White House to Hold Historic Exhibition
BOSTON (October 15, 2014) - Today, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.)
applauded the Obama Administration's announcement that the "Armenian
Orphan Rug" will be displayed later this year and praised President
Obama and the White House for acting to display this important symbol.
The Armenian Orphan Rug was made by survivors of the Armenian Genocide
and presented to then-President Calvin Coolidge in 1925 in appreciation
of American assistance to the survivors of the genocide.
It took Armenian girls in the Ghazir Orphanage of the Near East Relief
Society ten months to weave. "The Armenian Orphan Rug is an important
piece of our history. Its display serves not just as a reminder of
the horrors of the Armenian Genocide but also of the longstanding
friendship between the Armenian and American people," said Senator
Markey. "I commend President Obama and the White House for working
with me and my Congressional colleagues to ensure that this rug can
be given the public exhibition that it deserves." "The Armenian Orphan
Rug, given to President Coolidge as a symbolic thank you for America's
humanitarian relief effort in helping to save the survivors of the
Armenian Genocide, is a treasured piece of American history," stated
Armenian Assembly of America Executive Director Bryan Ardouny. "As
such we welcome today's announcement by the White House and look
forward to the permanent display of this historic rug," Ardouny
continued. Senator Markey wrote to President Obama last December to
urge him to make the rug available for display, consistent with the
need to protect and preserve this precious reminder of a dark chapter
in the history of Armenia and the world. # # #