Watertown: Lawmakers to remember Armenian Genocide

[Karapetian Hovik]

Watertown TAB & Press, MA
April 15 2005


Lawmakers to remember Armenian Genocide
Friday, April 15, 2005

State Rep. Rachel Kaprielian, D-Watertown, Rep. Peter Koutoujian,
D-Waltham, and Sen. Steven Tolman, D-Boston, along with the State
House Commemoration Planning Committee, will host the 90th
Anniversary Commemoration of the Armenian Genocide on Friday, April
22. The ceremony will begin at 11 a.m. in the Chamber of the House of
Representatives at the Massachusetts State House and will be followed
by an informal reception in the Great Hall.

This year's event marks the 20th year of commemoration of the
Armenian Genocide by the Massachusetts Legislature. George Keverian,
former Speaker of the House, first initiated the remembrance
ceremony, and will be honored at this year's event for his service
and respect of the state's Armenian community. As the son of Genocide
survivors, Keverian created a considerable legacy of honoring and
celebrating the Armenian heritage, which continues to grow with each
year of the anniversary commemoration.