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GENOCIDE TO BE COMMEMORATED ON CAPITOL HILL
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Monday, April 1st, 2013
Armenian American Community to Join with Legislators in Support of
Truthful and Just Resolution of Armenian Genocide
WASHINGTON-Members of Congress will join with Armenian Americans, the
governments of Armenia and Artsakh, and friends of the Armenian Cause
in reaffirming American support for a truthful and just resolution of
the Armenian Genocide, at the annual Armenian Genocide Commemoration
on Capitol Hill, which will be held this year on Wednesday, April 24
in the Hart Senate Office Building.
The annual remembrance, which will feature remarks by Members of
Congress, is being hosted by the Congressional Armenian Caucus, with
the participation of the Armenian Embassy, the Office of the Nagorno
Karabakh Republic, and Armenian American organizations. The Master
of Ceremonies this year will be community leader, Sarig Armenian,
Esq., a prominent lawyer and a powerful voice on Armenian American
advocacy priorities. The program is scheduled from 6:00 to 8:00 pm
on April 24th, and will be held in Room 902 of the Hart Building.
An ANCA action alert provides supporters with a quick and easy way
to invite their legislators to participate in this remembrance. The
ANCA WebMail notes that: "This solemn remembrance will commemorate the
Ottoman Empire's systematic World War I-era campaign of intentional
destruction and forced death-marches that killed or exiled millions of
Armenians, Greeks, Assyrians, and other minorities - emptying these
Biblical-era homelands of their ancient Christian populations. We
encourage you to attend this program, to offer remarks, and to submit
a statement for the Congressional Record." This standard letter goes
on to emphasize that: The Turkish government, to this day, through
diplomatic threats and arm-twisting - continues to reap the fruits of
its crime, even as it enforces a gag-rule on American commemoration
of this atrocity. Today, less than one hundred of the thousands of
pre-Genocide Christian churches in Turkey remain standing, and even
the majority of those have been stolen by an ever more intolerant and
anti-American Turkish government, as part of its campaign to erase
even the legacy of once-thriving Christian civilizations."
Complete the ANCA Action Alert.
Visit the Facebook event page.
From: Baghdasarian
http://asbarez.com/109142/genocide-to-be-commemorated-on-capitol-hill/
Monday, April 1st, 2013
Armenian American Community to Join with Legislators in Support of
Truthful and Just Resolution of Armenian Genocide
WASHINGTON-Members of Congress will join with Armenian Americans, the
governments of Armenia and Artsakh, and friends of the Armenian Cause
in reaffirming American support for a truthful and just resolution of
the Armenian Genocide, at the annual Armenian Genocide Commemoration
on Capitol Hill, which will be held this year on Wednesday, April 24
in the Hart Senate Office Building.
The annual remembrance, which will feature remarks by Members of
Congress, is being hosted by the Congressional Armenian Caucus, with
the participation of the Armenian Embassy, the Office of the Nagorno
Karabakh Republic, and Armenian American organizations. The Master
of Ceremonies this year will be community leader, Sarig Armenian,
Esq., a prominent lawyer and a powerful voice on Armenian American
advocacy priorities. The program is scheduled from 6:00 to 8:00 pm
on April 24th, and will be held in Room 902 of the Hart Building.
An ANCA action alert provides supporters with a quick and easy way
to invite their legislators to participate in this remembrance. The
ANCA WebMail notes that: "This solemn remembrance will commemorate the
Ottoman Empire's systematic World War I-era campaign of intentional
destruction and forced death-marches that killed or exiled millions of
Armenians, Greeks, Assyrians, and other minorities - emptying these
Biblical-era homelands of their ancient Christian populations. We
encourage you to attend this program, to offer remarks, and to submit
a statement for the Congressional Record." This standard letter goes
on to emphasize that: The Turkish government, to this day, through
diplomatic threats and arm-twisting - continues to reap the fruits of
its crime, even as it enforces a gag-rule on American commemoration
of this atrocity. Today, less than one hundred of the thousands of
pre-Genocide Christian churches in Turkey remain standing, and even
the majority of those have been stolen by an ever more intolerant and
anti-American Turkish government, as part of its campaign to erase
even the legacy of once-thriving Christian civilizations."
Complete the ANCA Action Alert.
Visit the Facebook event page.
From: Baghdasarian