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April 20 2013
Ridgefield boy's essay on genocide in Armenia a winner
Saturday, April 20, 2013
BY MONSY ALVARADO
The Record
RIDGEFIELD - A 16-year-old borough resident was named the third-place
winner of a nationwide essay contest that asked participants why it's
important to teach the Armenian Genocide in schools.
Christopher Markosian, a junior at the Bergen County Academies in
Hackensack, will be among the essay winners who will be recognized on
Sunday at the Armenian Genocide Commemoration in Times Square, which
is expected to draw more than 2,000 people. The event is being held
during Genocide Awareness Month, and will pay tribute to 1.5 million
Armenians who were massacred.
"I'm very happy, and I'm very proud of him," said Anny Markosian about
her son on Wednesday.
She said her son found information about the contest, and decided to
submit an essay on his own, saying he has always been interested in
Armenian history.
"He is Armenian inside," said Markosian, who is of Armenian ancestry
and sent her son to the Hovnanian School, an Armenian school in New
Milford until he was in the eighth grade. "He likes to learn about it,
and express himself."
In his essay, Markosian wrote that the "pressing fundamental" reason
to include the genocide in the schools' curriculum in the United
States is to provide justice and awareness for Armenians who suffered
in the early part of the 20th century.
"The exclusion of the Armenian Genocide from the core curriculum
simply acts as neglect of the past, especially since it holds the
position as one of the most influential events leading to subsequent
mass murders," he wrote.
Many historians believe the mass deportation and extermination of more
than 1.5 million Armenians by the Turks of the Ottoman Empire provided
a roadmap for atrocities to come, particularly the Holocaust.
The sixth-annual Armenian Genocide Commemoration Essay was
co-sponsored by Knights and Daughters of Vartan, an international
Armenian fraternal organization with headquarters in the United
States.
http://www.northjersey.com/news/education/203883371_Ridgefield_boy_s_essay_on_genocide_in_Ar menia_a_winner_on_genocide__in_Armenia__a_winner.h tml
From: A. Papazian
April 20 2013
Ridgefield boy's essay on genocide in Armenia a winner
Saturday, April 20, 2013
BY MONSY ALVARADO
The Record
RIDGEFIELD - A 16-year-old borough resident was named the third-place
winner of a nationwide essay contest that asked participants why it's
important to teach the Armenian Genocide in schools.
Christopher Markosian, a junior at the Bergen County Academies in
Hackensack, will be among the essay winners who will be recognized on
Sunday at the Armenian Genocide Commemoration in Times Square, which
is expected to draw more than 2,000 people. The event is being held
during Genocide Awareness Month, and will pay tribute to 1.5 million
Armenians who were massacred.
"I'm very happy, and I'm very proud of him," said Anny Markosian about
her son on Wednesday.
She said her son found information about the contest, and decided to
submit an essay on his own, saying he has always been interested in
Armenian history.
"He is Armenian inside," said Markosian, who is of Armenian ancestry
and sent her son to the Hovnanian School, an Armenian school in New
Milford until he was in the eighth grade. "He likes to learn about it,
and express himself."
In his essay, Markosian wrote that the "pressing fundamental" reason
to include the genocide in the schools' curriculum in the United
States is to provide justice and awareness for Armenians who suffered
in the early part of the 20th century.
"The exclusion of the Armenian Genocide from the core curriculum
simply acts as neglect of the past, especially since it holds the
position as one of the most influential events leading to subsequent
mass murders," he wrote.
Many historians believe the mass deportation and extermination of more
than 1.5 million Armenians by the Turks of the Ottoman Empire provided
a roadmap for atrocities to come, particularly the Holocaust.
The sixth-annual Armenian Genocide Commemoration Essay was
co-sponsored by Knights and Daughters of Vartan, an international
Armenian fraternal organization with headquarters in the United
States.
http://www.northjersey.com/news/education/203883371_Ridgefield_boy_s_essay_on_genocide_in_Ar menia_a_winner_on_genocide__in_Armenia__a_winner.h tml
From: A. Papazian