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    WHITE HOUSE EXHIBITS "ARMENIAN ORPHAN RUG"

    World Bulletin, Turkey
    Oct 17 2014

    World Bulletin / News Desk

    On 18-23 November, in the White House Visitor Center, "Ghazir rug",
    claimed as a symbol for so-called Armenian genocide, is being
    exhibited White House reported. One of the White House Security
    Conseil secretaries Bernadette Meehan explained that the exibition
    titled "Thank You to the United States: Three Gifts to Presidents in
    Gratitude for American Generosity Abroad", which runs from November
    18 through 23 at the White House Visitor Center, will be hold.

    "Gazir rug", regarding as a symbol for so-called "Aremian genocide",
    will be among the gifts Meehan said. "The rug, also known as 'Armenian
    orphan rug', was given to President Calvin Coolidge in 1925, in order
    to be recognized the humanitarian help for Armenian orphans displaced
    by Americans." added Meehan.

    Meehan has given some information about the rug, measures 3,5x5,8
    metres, on which a depiction may represent the Garden of Eden, and
    told that it includes 4 million tie knots weaved for 18 months. It
    is now in good condition.

    "After his presidency, Calvin Coolidge took the rug away as part of
    his staff but in 1982 his family gave it back to White House as a
    donation. The rug has exhibited only two times since that time and
    become a symbol of close relationships between the people of Armenia
    and the United States.", Meehan specified.

    The exhibition also includes a French vase, a present for US president
    Hoover, and the flowers wihtin a lucid plastics was sent by Japans
    after 2010 earthquake and tsunami disasters.

    http://www.worldbulletin.net/news/146471/white-house-exhibits-armenian-orphan-rug

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