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    GENOCIDE MEMORIAL SERVICE

    WBNG-TV
    http://www.wbng.com/news/local/43252082.html
    Apri l 19 2009
    NY

    One and a half million Armenians died in a genocide led by the Turkish
    government in 1915.

    Multimedia Watch The Video Local Armenians held this service to
    commemorate the 94th anniversary of the genocide.

    It was held at the Armenia Memorial, in front of the South Washington
    Street bridge.

    People placed flowers on the memorial and said prayers to remember
    the victims.

    Gus Kerjilian says he has grandparents, aunts, and uncles who died
    in the genocide.

    "We talk about their memory. And for our children, we give them the
    hope that we survived," said Kerjillian.

    Kerjilian wants future Armenian generations to realize the tragedy
    of the genocide.

    On Friday, Saint Gregory the Illuminator Armenian Church will open
    its doors to the public.

    People can stop in to say a prayer of light a candle.
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