Announcement

Collapse
No announcement yet.

Genocide To Be Commemorated On Capitol Hill

Collapse
X
 
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts

  • Genocide To Be Commemorated On Capitol Hill

    GENOCIDE TO BE COMMEMORATED ON CAPITOL HILL

    http://asbarez.com/109142/genocide-to-be-commemorated-on-capitol-hill/
    Monday, April 1st, 2013

    Armenian American Community to Join with Legislators in Support of
    Truthful and Just Resolution of Armenian Genocide

    WASHINGTON-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 24
    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. The program is scheduled from 6:00 to 8:00 pm
    on April 24th, and will be held in Room 902 of the Hart Building.

    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."

    Complete the ANCA Action Alert.

    Visit the Facebook event page.


    From: Baghdasarian
Working...
X