Support the Introduction of Legislation Acknowledging Nowruz and the Cyrus Cylinder
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Support the Introduction of Legislation Acknowledging Nowruz and the Cyrus Cylinder Urge your representative to co-sponsor the resolution honoring Nowruz and recognizing the Cyrus Cylinder as a symbol of human rights. February 28, 2013, Washington D.C. – Representatives Henry Waxman (D-33rd/CA) and Peter Roskam (R-6th/IL) plan on introducing a bipartisan resolution in the U.S. Congress recognizing the Iranian New Year (Nowruz) and acknowledging that the Cyrus Cylinder has, over the centuries, come to symbolize one of mankind’s first documents on human rights. On loan from the British Museum, the cylinder will be on display starting March 9th at the Smithsonian Institution’s Arthur M. Sackler Gallery in Washington, D.C., traveling afterwards to Houston, New York, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. Click here to read more. |
Support the Nowruz & Cyrus Cylinder Resolution |
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