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HOUSE COMMEMORATION OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE DUE APRIL 20
PanARMENIAN.Net
April 6, 2012 - 10:51 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Each April members of the Armenian community fill
the State House to commemorate the Armenian Genocide. This year's
event will take place on Friday, April 20, at 10:30 am, The Armenian
Mirror-Spectator reported.
Delivering the keynote address will be Khatchig Mouradian, the
editor of the Armenian Weekly newspaper and a PhD candidate at Clark
University.
Joint House/Senate Resolutions will be awarded to playwright Joyce Van
Dyke, whose recent play, "Deported/A Dream Play," is the story of her
own grandmother, and to former state Sen. Steven Tolman. Performers
include students of the Armenian Sisters' Academy and St. Stephen's
Armenian Elementary School, and Haig Hovsepian on violin accompanied
by Ani Hovsepian.
Coordinating the event is Tsoleen Sarian, working with state Rep.
Jonathan Hecht (D-Watertown), state Rep. John Lawn (D-Watertown)
and state Sen. William Brownsberger (D-Belmont) who host the day.
"The energy put into this event demonstrates the devotion of the entire
Armenian-American community, and the many friends of that community, to
the commemoration and recognition of the Genocide," said Brownsberger.
PanARMENIAN.Net
April 6, 2012 - 10:51 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Each April members of the Armenian community fill
the State House to commemorate the Armenian Genocide. This year's
event will take place on Friday, April 20, at 10:30 am, The Armenian
Mirror-Spectator reported.
Delivering the keynote address will be Khatchig Mouradian, the
editor of the Armenian Weekly newspaper and a PhD candidate at Clark
University.
Joint House/Senate Resolutions will be awarded to playwright Joyce Van
Dyke, whose recent play, "Deported/A Dream Play," is the story of her
own grandmother, and to former state Sen. Steven Tolman. Performers
include students of the Armenian Sisters' Academy and St. Stephen's
Armenian Elementary School, and Haig Hovsepian on violin accompanied
by Ani Hovsepian.
Coordinating the event is Tsoleen Sarian, working with state Rep.
Jonathan Hecht (D-Watertown), state Rep. John Lawn (D-Watertown)
and state Sen. William Brownsberger (D-Belmont) who host the day.
"The energy put into this event demonstrates the devotion of the entire
Armenian-American community, and the many friends of that community, to
the commemoration and recognition of the Genocide," said Brownsberger.