Posted on 11/11/2013 6:22:58 PM PST by BenLurkin
A San Fernando Valley lawmaker wants the White House to put a rug woven by Armenian orphans and given to President Calvin Coolidge nearly a century ago on public display.
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) is among a bipartisan group of U.S. Congress members calling on President Obama to reverse the White House’s decision to back out of lending the rug out for a Dec. 16 exhibition at the Smithsonian Institute.
The Armenian orphan rug, which measures 11′ 7″ x 18′ 5″ and is comprised of 4.4 million individual knots, reportedly took girls in the Ghazir Orphanage of Near East Relief as long as 10 months to weave, according to the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA).
The rug was delivered to the President Coolidge on December 4, 1925, in appreciation for U.S. humanitarian assistance in the wake of the killing of over 1.5 million Armenians.
White House has not offered an explanation for its decision, ANCA and other opponents of the move say it is likely due to the U.S. government’s “deference to Turkey’s international campaign” of what they characterized as “genocide denial.”
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San Fernando Valley lawmaker wants the White House to put a rug woven by Armenian orphans and given to President Calvin Coolidge nearly a century ago on public display. Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) is among a bipartisan group of U.S. Congress members calling on President Obama to reverse the White House’s decision to back out of lending the rug out for a Dec. 16 exhibition at the Smithsonian Institute... The rug was delivered to the President Coolidge on December 4, 1925, in appreciation for U.S. humanitarian assistance in the wake of the killing of over 1.5 million Armenians.
Well, we can’t have the Ottoman Turk’s genocide of Armenians publicized, now can we? Turkish muslims MURDERED well over one million Armenians. that doesn’t fit the agenda...
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Well, it’s okay to do it, but then no one could blame the Turks for going out and committing some genocide. Wait, what? ;’)
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