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BOSTON MARATHON RUNNERS WEAR EMBLEMS COMMEMORATING THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
21:42, 23 Apr 2015
Siranush Ghazanchyan
More than 20 runners in the 119th Boston Marathon honored the
history and legacy of the Armenian Genocide by running in gear with
the specially designed emblem on race day to call attention to the
genocide's 100th anniversary, the Armenian Weekly reports.
This program is being coordinated by the Knights of Vartan, Ararat
Lodge of Cambridge. While planning the events for the commemoration
of the genocide's centennial on April 24th, it occurred to its members
that the Boston Marathon was a perfect opportunity to raise awareness.
Member Ron Sahatjian of Lexington started looking for runners of
Armenian descent who were taking on the marathon this spring.
Sahatjian scoured through the 30,000-plus names of runners looking
for those ending with the traditional Armenian "ian" and made contact
with them.
More than twenty runners eventually signed on, all willing to give
up precious space on their running shirt to wear a 3-inch-by-8-inch
emblem to remind people not to forget the one and half million
Armenians who were killed one hundred years ago.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2015/04/23/boston-marathon-runners-wear-emblems-commemorating-the-armenian-genocide/
21:42, 23 Apr 2015
Siranush Ghazanchyan
More than 20 runners in the 119th Boston Marathon honored the
history and legacy of the Armenian Genocide by running in gear with
the specially designed emblem on race day to call attention to the
genocide's 100th anniversary, the Armenian Weekly reports.
This program is being coordinated by the Knights of Vartan, Ararat
Lodge of Cambridge. While planning the events for the commemoration
of the genocide's centennial on April 24th, it occurred to its members
that the Boston Marathon was a perfect opportunity to raise awareness.
Member Ron Sahatjian of Lexington started looking for runners of
Armenian descent who were taking on the marathon this spring.
Sahatjian scoured through the 30,000-plus names of runners looking
for those ending with the traditional Armenian "ian" and made contact
with them.
More than twenty runners eventually signed on, all willing to give
up precious space on their running shirt to wear a 3-inch-by-8-inch
emblem to remind people not to forget the one and half million
Armenians who were killed one hundred years ago.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2015/04/23/boston-marathon-runners-wear-emblems-commemorating-the-armenian-genocide/