Texas becomes 46th U.S. State to recognize Armenian Genocide

The Texas House of Representatives unanimously passed House Resolution 191, titled “Recognizing the Armenian Genocide,” on Friday, thus becoming the 46th state in the U.S. to officially classify and commemorate the 1915-1923 annihilation of Ottoman Turkey’s indigenous Christian Armenian community as genocide.

As Asbarez news agency reports, ANCA-WR Chair Nora Hovsepian considered the recognition of the Armenian genocide by Texas an incredible victory and expressed special gratitude to State Representative Scott Sanford and the other lawmakers for their contribution to this victory.