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CEREMONY COMMEMORATING ARMENIAN GENOCIDE SCHEDULED IN MONTEBELLO
ARMENPRESS
24 April, 2012
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, APRIL 24, ARMENPRES. Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Pasadena, the lead
author of the Armenian Genocide Resolution in Congress, will attend an
event Tuesday afternoon at the Montebello Armenian Genocide Monument
to commemorate the 97th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.
"Armenpress" reports citing pasadenastarnews.
Also in attendance at the 1:30 p.m. Tuesday ceremony will be
members of the Los Angeles Chapter of United Armenian Council for
the Commemoration of the Armenian Genocide, Armenian-Americans,
and friends and supporters of the Armenian community.
The monument, located at 901 Via San Clemente, was approved by the
Montebello City Council in 1965. It symbolizes the first genocide of
the 20th century and is in memory of the 1.5 million Armenians who
were systematically annihilated at the hands of the Ottoman Turkish
government from 1915 to 1923.
"The facts of history are clear, well-documented and non-negotiable -
1.5 million Armenians were deliberately murdered in the first genocide
of the 20th century," Schiff said when he introduced the resolution
in the House of Representatives.
"If we are to prevent future atrocities, we must condemn genocide
whenever and wherever it occurs. It has never served our national
interest to be complicit in another nation's campaign of genocide
denial, and it never will," he continued.
"While there are still some survivors left, we have a compelling,
urgent and moral obligation to speak plainly about the past."
From: A. Papazian
ARMENPRESS
24 April, 2012
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, APRIL 24, ARMENPRES. Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Pasadena, the lead
author of the Armenian Genocide Resolution in Congress, will attend an
event Tuesday afternoon at the Montebello Armenian Genocide Monument
to commemorate the 97th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.
"Armenpress" reports citing pasadenastarnews.
Also in attendance at the 1:30 p.m. Tuesday ceremony will be
members of the Los Angeles Chapter of United Armenian Council for
the Commemoration of the Armenian Genocide, Armenian-Americans,
and friends and supporters of the Armenian community.
The monument, located at 901 Via San Clemente, was approved by the
Montebello City Council in 1965. It symbolizes the first genocide of
the 20th century and is in memory of the 1.5 million Armenians who
were systematically annihilated at the hands of the Ottoman Turkish
government from 1915 to 1923.
"The facts of history are clear, well-documented and non-negotiable -
1.5 million Armenians were deliberately murdered in the first genocide
of the 20th century," Schiff said when he introduced the resolution
in the House of Representatives.
"If we are to prevent future atrocities, we must condemn genocide
whenever and wherever it occurs. It has never served our national
interest to be complicit in another nation's campaign of genocide
denial, and it never will," he continued.
"While there are still some survivors left, we have a compelling,
urgent and moral obligation to speak plainly about the past."
From: A. Papazian