Tweet
US State News
April12, 2012 Thursday 4:32 PM EST
ARMENIAN COMMUNITY, CITY TO COMMEMORATE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
PASADENA, Calif., April 12 -- The city of Pasadena issued the following news:
On the 97th anniversary of the beginning of what became known as the
ArmenianGenocide, the localArmeniancommunity will join with
Pasadena officials to mark the occasion with ceremonies at city hall.
Tuesday, April 24, from 10 to 11:30 a.m., residents from areaArmenian
organizations, churches and schools will gather to remember the
systematic killing of as many as 1.5 millionArmeniansfrom 1915
through 1923 in what was then the Ottoman Empire. The United States
Marine Corps will perform the official salute and about 40 elected
public leaders and representatives are expected to attend. The city
hall commemoration is an annual event.
"It's a time of remembrance of all the lives lost," saidArmenian
Community Coalition Chairman Khatchik Chris Chahinian, "and it's a
call for the official recognition of this terrible suffering."
While 43 American states, including California, and more than 20
countries officially recognize the deaths as an act of genocide, the
United States has not officially done so. The Republic of Turkey, the
successor government to the Ottoman Empire, does not accept the term
"genocide" in reference to theArmeniandeaths.
Pasadena City Hall is located at 100 N. Garfield. For more information
about this year's event call 626-399-1799 or visit theArmenian
Community Coalition of Pasadena atwww.acc-us.org.
April12, 2012 Thursday 4:32 PM EST
ARMENIAN COMMUNITY, CITY TO COMMEMORATE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
PASADENA, Calif., April 12 -- The city of Pasadena issued the following news:
On the 97th anniversary of the beginning of what became known as the
ArmenianGenocide, the localArmeniancommunity will join with
Pasadena officials to mark the occasion with ceremonies at city hall.
Tuesday, April 24, from 10 to 11:30 a.m., residents from areaArmenian
organizations, churches and schools will gather to remember the
systematic killing of as many as 1.5 millionArmeniansfrom 1915
through 1923 in what was then the Ottoman Empire. The United States
Marine Corps will perform the official salute and about 40 elected
public leaders and representatives are expected to attend. The city
hall commemoration is an annual event.
"It's a time of remembrance of all the lives lost," saidArmenian
Community Coalition Chairman Khatchik Chris Chahinian, "and it's a
call for the official recognition of this terrible suffering."
While 43 American states, including California, and more than 20
countries officially recognize the deaths as an act of genocide, the
United States has not officially done so. The Republic of Turkey, the
successor government to the Ottoman Empire, does not accept the term
"genocide" in reference to theArmeniandeaths.
Pasadena City Hall is located at 100 N. Garfield. For more information
about this year's event call 626-399-1799 or visit theArmenian
Community Coalition of Pasadena atwww.acc-us.org.