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April 24th: Armenian Genocide to be marked on Capitol Hill
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13:00 30.03.2013
Members of Congress will join with Armenian Americans, the governments
of Armenia and Artsakh, and friends of the Armenian Cause in
reaffirming American support for a truthful and just resolution of the
Armenian Genocide, at the annual Armenian Genocide Commemoration on
Capitol Hill, which will be held this year on Wednesday, April 24th in
the Hart Senate Office Building.
The annual remembrance, which will feature remarks by Members of
Congress, is being hosted by the Congressional Armenian Caucus, with
the participation of the Armenian Embassy, the Office of the Nagorno
Karabakh Republic, and Armenian American organizations. The Master of
Ceremonies this year will be community leader, Sarig Armenian, Esq., a
prominent lawyer and a powerful voice on Armenian American advocacy
priorities.
An ANCA action alert provides supporters with a quick and easy way to
invite their legislators to participate in this remembrance. The ANCA
WebMail notes that: `This solemn remembrance will commemorate the
Ottoman Empire's systematic World War I-era campaign of intentional
destruction and forced death-marches that killed or exiled millions of
Armenians, Greeks, Assyrians, and other minorities - emptying these
Biblical-era homelands of their ancient Christian populations. We
encourage you to attend this program, to offer remarks, and to submit
a statement for the Congressional Record.' This standard letter goes
on to emphasize that: The Turkish government, to this day, through
diplomatic threats and arm-twisting - continues to reap the fruits of
its crime, even as it enforces a gag-rule on American commemoration of
this atrocity. Today, less than one hundred of the thousands of
pre-Genocide Christian churches in Turkey remain standing, and even
the majority of those have been stolen by an ever more intolerant and
anti-American Turkish government, as part of its campaign to erase
even the legacy of once-thriving Christian civilizations.'
From: Baghdasarian
http://www.armradio.am/en/2013/03/30/april-24th-armenian-genocide-to-be-marked-on-capitol-hill/
13:00 30.03.2013
Members of Congress will join with Armenian Americans, the governments
of Armenia and Artsakh, and friends of the Armenian Cause in
reaffirming American support for a truthful and just resolution of the
Armenian Genocide, at the annual Armenian Genocide Commemoration on
Capitol Hill, which will be held this year on Wednesday, April 24th in
the Hart Senate Office Building.
The annual remembrance, which will feature remarks by Members of
Congress, is being hosted by the Congressional Armenian Caucus, with
the participation of the Armenian Embassy, the Office of the Nagorno
Karabakh Republic, and Armenian American organizations. The Master of
Ceremonies this year will be community leader, Sarig Armenian, Esq., a
prominent lawyer and a powerful voice on Armenian American advocacy
priorities.
An ANCA action alert provides supporters with a quick and easy way to
invite their legislators to participate in this remembrance. The ANCA
WebMail notes that: `This solemn remembrance will commemorate the
Ottoman Empire's systematic World War I-era campaign of intentional
destruction and forced death-marches that killed or exiled millions of
Armenians, Greeks, Assyrians, and other minorities - emptying these
Biblical-era homelands of their ancient Christian populations. We
encourage you to attend this program, to offer remarks, and to submit
a statement for the Congressional Record.' This standard letter goes
on to emphasize that: The Turkish government, to this day, through
diplomatic threats and arm-twisting - continues to reap the fruits of
its crime, even as it enforces a gag-rule on American commemoration of
this atrocity. Today, less than one hundred of the thousands of
pre-Genocide Christian churches in Turkey remain standing, and even
the majority of those have been stolen by an ever more intolerant and
anti-American Turkish government, as part of its campaign to erase
even the legacy of once-thriving Christian civilizations.'
From: Baghdasarian