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ARMENIAN GENOCIDE COMMEMORATED IN NEW YORK
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Monday,May 02
A commemorative event dedicated to the 96th anniversary of the Armenian
Genocide was held in New York's Times Square on May 1.
Armenian Americans gathered in Times Square on Sunday to pay tribute
to the 1.5 million Armenians who were annihilated by the Young Turk
Government of the Ottoman Empire.
After the performance of the Armenian and U.S. anthems, Archbishop
Oshakan Choloyan, the Primate of the Eastern Diocese of the U.S. of
the Great House of Cilicia, made an addressing speech. The participants
of the event presented flowers to Genocide survivors Pirouz Galustian,
Arshaluis Dadir and Charlotte Kechejian.
The presentees warmly welcomed the speeches of Congressmen Robert
Menendez and Frank Pallone, Senators Charles "Chuck" Schumer and
Anthony Weiner, Richard Giragosian, Professor at the University of
California, Dennis Papazian Professor at the University of Michigan
and other who criticized Turkey's policy of genocide denial.
The participants addressed letters to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo
and Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
From: A. Papazian
A1Plus.am
Monday,May 02
A commemorative event dedicated to the 96th anniversary of the Armenian
Genocide was held in New York's Times Square on May 1.
Armenian Americans gathered in Times Square on Sunday to pay tribute
to the 1.5 million Armenians who were annihilated by the Young Turk
Government of the Ottoman Empire.
After the performance of the Armenian and U.S. anthems, Archbishop
Oshakan Choloyan, the Primate of the Eastern Diocese of the U.S. of
the Great House of Cilicia, made an addressing speech. The participants
of the event presented flowers to Genocide survivors Pirouz Galustian,
Arshaluis Dadir and Charlotte Kechejian.
The presentees warmly welcomed the speeches of Congressmen Robert
Menendez and Frank Pallone, Senators Charles "Chuck" Schumer and
Anthony Weiner, Richard Giragosian, Professor at the University of
California, Dennis Papazian Professor at the University of Michigan
and other who criticized Turkey's policy of genocide denial.
The participants addressed letters to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo
and Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
From: A. Papazian