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  • Bergen County Commemorates 95th Anniversary Of The Armenian Genocide

    BERGEN COUNTY COMMEMORATES 95TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

    Targeted News Service
    April 21, 2010 Wednesday 2:43 AM EST

    The Bergen County Executive issued the following press release:

    Bergen County Executive Dennis McNerney and the Board of Chosen
    Freeholders will host the annual Commemoration Ceremony for Armenian
    Genocide Victims.

    The 95th Anniversary Commemoration of the Armenian Genocide was
    organized by the Bergen County Chapters of the Knights and Daughters
    of Vartan Bakradouny Lodge #38, and Sahaganoush Chapter #24.

    The event will be held near the Armenian Genocide Memorial monument,
    which was erected in July 1990 by the Knights of Vartan, Bakradouny
    Lodge No. 38. During the event, County Executive McNerney will issue
    a proclamation declaring Saturday, April 24, 2010 as Armenian Genocide
    Remembrance Day in Bergen County.

    The ceremony will include a Requiem Service by members of the Armenian
    Clergy and the laying of flowers.

    WHEN: Friday, April 23, 2010, 12:30 pm WHERE: Main Street, Hackensack
    (Bergen County Court House Lawn) Contact: Sheri Hensley, 201/336-7349
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