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94TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE TO BE HELD AT TIMES SQUARE
PanARMENIAN.Net
04.03.2009 00:00 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ For the 24th year, thousands of American-Armenians
and their supporters will gather in Times Square in New York to
commemorate the first genocide of the 20th Century - the Armenian
Genocide, MarketWatch reports.
To be held on Sunday, April 26, 2009 from 2-4 PM, this historic event
will pay tribute to the 1.5 million Armenians who were extinguished
by the Young Turk Government of the Ottoman Empire. The Commemoration
will also celebrate the survival of the Armenian people, their rich
heritage and their contributions. Speakers will include Armenian and
non-Armenian political and civic leaders and students. This event is
free and open to the public.
As it is mentioned in the article, media are invited to meet and
interview Armenian Genocide Survivors (ages 94-100) and Armenian
Genocide Experts, Dr. Dennis R. Papazian and Sam Azadian.
The 94th Commemoration is organized by the Mid-Atlantic chapters of
Knights and Daughters of Vartan, a U.S. fraternal organization of
Armenian-Americans, and co-sponsored by Armenian General Benevolent
Union, Armenian National Committee of America, Armenian Assembly
of America, Armenian Democratic Liberal Party and Social Democratic
Hunchagian Party.
PanARMENIAN.Net
04.03.2009 00:00 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ For the 24th year, thousands of American-Armenians
and their supporters will gather in Times Square in New York to
commemorate the first genocide of the 20th Century - the Armenian
Genocide, MarketWatch reports.
To be held on Sunday, April 26, 2009 from 2-4 PM, this historic event
will pay tribute to the 1.5 million Armenians who were extinguished
by the Young Turk Government of the Ottoman Empire. The Commemoration
will also celebrate the survival of the Armenian people, their rich
heritage and their contributions. Speakers will include Armenian and
non-Armenian political and civic leaders and students. This event is
free and open to the public.
As it is mentioned in the article, media are invited to meet and
interview Armenian Genocide Survivors (ages 94-100) and Armenian
Genocide Experts, Dr. Dennis R. Papazian and Sam Azadian.
The 94th Commemoration is organized by the Mid-Atlantic chapters of
Knights and Daughters of Vartan, a U.S. fraternal organization of
Armenian-Americans, and co-sponsored by Armenian General Benevolent
Union, Armenian National Committee of America, Armenian Assembly
of America, Armenian Democratic Liberal Party and Social Democratic
Hunchagian Party.