Massachusetts Governor Charles Baker has signed a proclamation designating April 24, 2015 as Armenian Martyrs Day.

Sahag Kavlakian – a freshman at Suffolk University – undertook the effort on behalf of the Armenian Student Association, the Armenian National Committee of America reported.

“Americans of Armenian descent have contributed to the quality of life in the United States and Massachusetts in the best tradition of our nation and state, in times of war and peace,” the document reads.