DAY OF REMEMBRANCE
Cranston Herald, RI
April 30 2014
Local and state leaders gathered with scores of community members
at Cranston City Hall on Friday evening to observe Armenian Genocide
Remembrance Day. Warwick Mayor Scott Avedisian, Cranston Mayor Allan
Fung, U.S. Sen. Jack Reed, U.S. Rep. Jim Langevin, Attorney General
Peter Kilmartin, former state legislator and Cranston councilman
Aram Garabedian, Cranston City Council President John Lanni, Family
Court Chief Judge Haiganush Bedrosian and the Rev. Dr. Ara Heghinian
of the Armenian Evangelical Church were among those in attendance
for the event, which included a ceremony in Council Chambers and an
outdoor raising of the Armenian flag. Additionally, Sylvia Kolligian
Varadian was honored by the Armenian National Committee and received
a proclamation from the city of Cranston.
http://www.cranstononline.com/stories/Day-of-remembrance,92079
Cranston Herald, RI
April 30 2014
Local and state leaders gathered with scores of community members
at Cranston City Hall on Friday evening to observe Armenian Genocide
Remembrance Day. Warwick Mayor Scott Avedisian, Cranston Mayor Allan
Fung, U.S. Sen. Jack Reed, U.S. Rep. Jim Langevin, Attorney General
Peter Kilmartin, former state legislator and Cranston councilman
Aram Garabedian, Cranston City Council President John Lanni, Family
Court Chief Judge Haiganush Bedrosian and the Rev. Dr. Ara Heghinian
of the Armenian Evangelical Church were among those in attendance
for the event, which included a ceremony in Council Chambers and an
outdoor raising of the Armenian flag. Additionally, Sylvia Kolligian
Varadian was honored by the Armenian National Committee and received
a proclamation from the city of Cranston.
http://www.cranstononline.com/stories/Day-of-remembrance,92079