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Banner on Treasure Island commemorates Armenian Genocide
09:03 * 02.04.15
Drivers taking the Bay Bridge to San Francisco will get some history
with their commute in the form of a sign for the month of April,
Abc7news.com reports.
Armenians around the world are remembering the genocide against them
on its 100th anniversary. This was the first genocide of the 20th
century.
They put up signs, memorials, even one on Yerba Buena Island. A sign
like this hasn't been seen in this area until now.
"And it will be on Muni trains and BARTs and on the 101 and off the
Bay Bridge. You'll be seeing in the next week," Armenian-American Kim
Bardakian said.
Bardakian is one of 30,000 local members of the Armenian community,
many of whom pitched in to pay the Treasure Island Development
Authority $10,500 for the prime ad space, one that is supposed to be
non-political.
"We did not evaluate it to be political, but more of a memorial of
historic events," Treasure Island Development Authority spokesperson
Robert Beck said.
"They were killed in the deserts and by starvation and by gruesome
acts of violence," Bardakian said.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2015/04/02/treasure-island-banner/1635005
09:03 * 02.04.15
Drivers taking the Bay Bridge to San Francisco will get some history
with their commute in the form of a sign for the month of April,
Abc7news.com reports.
Armenians around the world are remembering the genocide against them
on its 100th anniversary. This was the first genocide of the 20th
century.
They put up signs, memorials, even one on Yerba Buena Island. A sign
like this hasn't been seen in this area until now.
"And it will be on Muni trains and BARTs and on the 101 and off the
Bay Bridge. You'll be seeing in the next week," Armenian-American Kim
Bardakian said.
Bardakian is one of 30,000 local members of the Armenian community,
many of whom pitched in to pay the Treasure Island Development
Authority $10,500 for the prime ad space, one that is supposed to be
non-political.
"We did not evaluate it to be political, but more of a memorial of
historic events," Treasure Island Development Authority spokesperson
Robert Beck said.
"They were killed in the deserts and by starvation and by gruesome
acts of violence," Bardakian said.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2015/04/02/treasure-island-banner/1635005