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NEW YORK GOVERNOR DAVID A. PATERSON ISSUES A PROCLAMATION ACKNOWLEDGING ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
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April 23 2008
CA
93rd Anniversary Commemoration of the Armenian Genocide to be Held
in Times Square On Sunday, April 27th From 2-4 PM
NEW YORK, April 23, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- New York Governor David
A. Paterson issued a Proclamation for the Empire State to join in
with the entire community to commemorate the 93rd anniversary of
the Armenian Genocide. In the proclamation, the Governor states,
"Whereas, it is fitting that all New Yorkers recognize the hardships
the Armenians faced, for the purpose of preventing such as the Armenian
Genocide of 1915-23 from recurring and to appreciate the United States
role as a refuge for all oppressed people."
The public is welcome to participate in the 93rd Anniversary
Commemoration of the Armenian Genocide to be held in Times Square
(43rd & Broadway) on Sunday, April 27 from 2-4 PM. Organized by
the Knights & Daughters of Vartan, an Armenian-American fraternal
organization, the Commemoration theme is "We Cannot Forget, We Will
Not Forget." Armenian-Americans and their supporters will gather to
pay tribute to the 1.5 million Armenians who were annihilated 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. Dennis R. Papazian, PhD, Founding Director
of the Armenian Research Center of the University of Michigan and
Mary A. Papazian, PhD, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic
Affairs at Lehman College, C.U.N.Y, will preside over the ceremonies.
Commemoration participants will include Armenian Genocide survivors
and their families, elected officials, and humanitarian, cultural,
religious, educational and community leaders. Distinguished speakers
include U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ); U.S. Representative Frank
Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), co-chair of the Congressional Caucus on Armenian
Issues; Carla Garapedian, director of the award-winning documentary
Screamers, which explores the history of reoccurrence and denial of
genocides in the 20th and 21st centuries; Attorney Mark J. Garagos,
who helped lead groundbreaking Federal Class Action Lawsuits against
New York Life and other insurance companies for insurance polices
issued to Armenians living in Turkey prior to the Armenian Genocide;
Alex Hinton, PhD, Director of the Study of Genocide and Human
Rights at Rutgers University and Vice President of the International
Association of Genocide Scholars; and Dr. Daniel Jonah Goldhagen,
author of Hitler's Willing Executioners. In 2009, Goldhagen will
host the PBS documentary Worse Than War, based on his forthcoming
book exploring the general phenomenon of genocide throughout the world.
Armenian Genocide Experts Sam Azadian and Dr. Dennis R. Papazian
are available for media interviews via phone and in-person. Armenian
Genocide Survivors are also available (with translators) to discuss
their eyewitness accounts as refugees from the Armenian Genocide. Their
painful accounts of the horrendous horrors and mass destruction
they witnessed and lived through are critical contributions to world
history.
Free round-trip bus transportation will be available from all Armenian
New York and New Jersey churches, Baruyr's (40th Street & Queens
Boulevard) and the Hovnanian School, New Milford, New Jersey. For
information about the Commemoration and bus transportation contact:
Dr. Dennis Papazian-PH: (201) 505-1591.
The Knights of Vartan logo is available at
http://www.primenewswire.com/newsroom/prs/?pkgi d=3420
[email protected]
NewsBlaze
http://newsbl aze.com/story/2008042307503700001.pz/newsblaze/POL ITICS/Politics.html
April 23 2008
CA
93rd Anniversary Commemoration of the Armenian Genocide to be Held
in Times Square On Sunday, April 27th From 2-4 PM
NEW YORK, April 23, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- New York Governor David
A. Paterson issued a Proclamation for the Empire State to join in
with the entire community to commemorate the 93rd anniversary of
the Armenian Genocide. In the proclamation, the Governor states,
"Whereas, it is fitting that all New Yorkers recognize the hardships
the Armenians faced, for the purpose of preventing such as the Armenian
Genocide of 1915-23 from recurring and to appreciate the United States
role as a refuge for all oppressed people."
The public is welcome to participate in the 93rd Anniversary
Commemoration of the Armenian Genocide to be held in Times Square
(43rd & Broadway) on Sunday, April 27 from 2-4 PM. Organized by
the Knights & Daughters of Vartan, an Armenian-American fraternal
organization, the Commemoration theme is "We Cannot Forget, We Will
Not Forget." Armenian-Americans and their supporters will gather to
pay tribute to the 1.5 million Armenians who were annihilated 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. Dennis R. Papazian, PhD, Founding Director
of the Armenian Research Center of the University of Michigan and
Mary A. Papazian, PhD, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic
Affairs at Lehman College, C.U.N.Y, will preside over the ceremonies.
Commemoration participants will include Armenian Genocide survivors
and their families, elected officials, and humanitarian, cultural,
religious, educational and community leaders. Distinguished speakers
include U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ); U.S. Representative Frank
Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), co-chair of the Congressional Caucus on Armenian
Issues; Carla Garapedian, director of the award-winning documentary
Screamers, which explores the history of reoccurrence and denial of
genocides in the 20th and 21st centuries; Attorney Mark J. Garagos,
who helped lead groundbreaking Federal Class Action Lawsuits against
New York Life and other insurance companies for insurance polices
issued to Armenians living in Turkey prior to the Armenian Genocide;
Alex Hinton, PhD, Director of the Study of Genocide and Human
Rights at Rutgers University and Vice President of the International
Association of Genocide Scholars; and Dr. Daniel Jonah Goldhagen,
author of Hitler's Willing Executioners. In 2009, Goldhagen will
host the PBS documentary Worse Than War, based on his forthcoming
book exploring the general phenomenon of genocide throughout the world.
Armenian Genocide Experts Sam Azadian and Dr. Dennis R. Papazian
are available for media interviews via phone and in-person. Armenian
Genocide Survivors are also available (with translators) to discuss
their eyewitness accounts as refugees from the Armenian Genocide. Their
painful accounts of the horrendous horrors and mass destruction
they witnessed and lived through are critical contributions to world
history.
Free round-trip bus transportation will be available from all Armenian
New York and New Jersey churches, Baruyr's (40th Street & Queens
Boulevard) and the Hovnanian School, New Milford, New Jersey. For
information about the Commemoration and bus transportation contact:
Dr. Dennis Papazian-PH: (201) 505-1591.
The Knights of Vartan logo is available at
http://www.primenewswire.com/newsroom/prs/?pkgi d=3420