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FRESNO ARMENIAN COMMUNITY TO BREAK GROUND ON GENOCIDE MONUMENT
11:03, 10 Oct 2014
On Sunday, November 2, the Armenian Community of the San Joaquin Valley
will break ground on a monument dedicated to the 100th Anniversary
of the Armenian Genocide. The event will begin at 2:30 p.m. and take
place at the Fresno State Maple Mall, located south of the Satellite
Student Union, Massis Postreports.
Built from beton brut (architectural concrete) and tufa stones, the
monument will embody symbols of cultural meaning to the Armenian
people. Its principal components will be arranged in a circular
pattern and angled inwards, reminiscent of the Tzitzernagapert Armenian
Martyrs Monument in Armenia. The nine pillars that will comprise the
body of the structure represent the six provinces of historic Armenia,
Cilicia, the Diaspora, and the Republic of Armenia.
An incomplete halo will be set above the columns, signifying both
the fracture left by the Genocide and the unity of the Armenian people.
Sunday's ceremony will mark construction of the memorial, which will
be christened on April 24th, 2015.
As many as 1.5 million Armenians lost their lives in the period
1915-1923 at the hands of the Ottoman Turkish government. On April 24th
1915, the Young Turk regime arrested and eventually executed hundreds
of Armenian religious, academic, and political leaders-it was the first
step in its intent to exterminate an entire people. Many succumbed to
starvation and exhaustion during state-mandated deportations or "death
marches" that left Western Armenia devoid of its native inhabitants
even to this day. Others were murdered outright, often in ways that
defy all sense of humanity. According to historians, legal experts, and
more than 20 nations throughout the world, the planned and systematic
nature of these atrocities clearly constitute a genocide as defined
by the United Nations' Convention on the Prevention and Punishment
of the Crime of Genocide.
The Armenian Genocide Centennial Committee-Fresno is an organization
made-up of representatives from religious, educational, social,
and political organizations of the Central Valley. The group's
goals are to commemorate the 1.5 million martyrs who perished at the
hands of the Ottoman Turkish Government; to educate others about the
Armenian Genocide and historical injustice; and to inspire people
to overcome adversity through the story of the survivors' of the
Armenian Genocide. In addition to the monument, the AGCC-Fresno is
organizing and promoting numerous events in the coming year. For more
information, visit the AGCC-Fresno website at www.agcfresno.org and
on Facebook at www.facebook.com/agcfresno.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2014/10/10/fresno-armenian-community-to-break-ground-on-genocide-monument/
11:03, 10 Oct 2014
On Sunday, November 2, the Armenian Community of the San Joaquin Valley
will break ground on a monument dedicated to the 100th Anniversary
of the Armenian Genocide. The event will begin at 2:30 p.m. and take
place at the Fresno State Maple Mall, located south of the Satellite
Student Union, Massis Postreports.
Built from beton brut (architectural concrete) and tufa stones, the
monument will embody symbols of cultural meaning to the Armenian
people. Its principal components will be arranged in a circular
pattern and angled inwards, reminiscent of the Tzitzernagapert Armenian
Martyrs Monument in Armenia. The nine pillars that will comprise the
body of the structure represent the six provinces of historic Armenia,
Cilicia, the Diaspora, and the Republic of Armenia.
An incomplete halo will be set above the columns, signifying both
the fracture left by the Genocide and the unity of the Armenian people.
Sunday's ceremony will mark construction of the memorial, which will
be christened on April 24th, 2015.
As many as 1.5 million Armenians lost their lives in the period
1915-1923 at the hands of the Ottoman Turkish government. On April 24th
1915, the Young Turk regime arrested and eventually executed hundreds
of Armenian religious, academic, and political leaders-it was the first
step in its intent to exterminate an entire people. Many succumbed to
starvation and exhaustion during state-mandated deportations or "death
marches" that left Western Armenia devoid of its native inhabitants
even to this day. Others were murdered outright, often in ways that
defy all sense of humanity. According to historians, legal experts, and
more than 20 nations throughout the world, the planned and systematic
nature of these atrocities clearly constitute a genocide as defined
by the United Nations' Convention on the Prevention and Punishment
of the Crime of Genocide.
The Armenian Genocide Centennial Committee-Fresno is an organization
made-up of representatives from religious, educational, social,
and political organizations of the Central Valley. The group's
goals are to commemorate the 1.5 million martyrs who perished at the
hands of the Ottoman Turkish Government; to educate others about the
Armenian Genocide and historical injustice; and to inspire people
to overcome adversity through the story of the survivors' of the
Armenian Genocide. In addition to the monument, the AGCC-Fresno is
organizing and promoting numerous events in the coming year. For more
information, visit the AGCC-Fresno website at www.agcfresno.org and
on Facebook at www.facebook.com/agcfresno.
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