Genocide Remembrance Day

Genocide Remembrance Day

Genocide Remembrance Day ( _hy. Եղեռնի զոհերի հիշատակի օր) is a national holiday in Armenia and is observed by Armenians in dispersed communities around the world on April 24. [The Armenian Genocide: History, Politics, Ethics - Page 339 by Richard G. Hovannisian ] It is held annually to commemorate the victims of the Armenian Genocide during the government of the Young Turks, from 1915 to 1923 in the Ottoman Empire/Turkey. In Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, crowds of people walk to the Tsitsernakaberd Genocide Memorial to lay flowers at the eternal flame.

The date 24 April commemorates the Armenian notables deported from the Ottoman capital in 1915, of hundreds of Armenian intellectuals and community leaders, most of whom would be executed, which was a precursor to the ensuing events.

North Dakota

North Dakota legislatures prepared a bill which proclaims April 24 as Remembrance Day for the Victims of the Armenian Genocide. [http://www.panarmenian.net/news/eng/?nid=20600 North Dakota to Declare April 24 Remembrance Day] ]

“ANCA welcomes the bill introduced to the House of Representatives of North Dakota state by North Dakota Congressmen Lilly Hanson and Joe Koeber, as well as David Nething. The document offers to proclaim April 24 as Remembrance Day for the Victims of the Armenian Genocide. It says that the annihilation of the Armenian nation was being carried out by destroying churches, schools, libraries and cultural monuments. The main goal of those crimes was to totally exterminate the traces of a noble civilization with history over three thousands years.” [http://www.panarmenian.net/news/eng/?nid=20600 North Dakota to Declare April 24 Remembrance Day] ]

Monuments

Several monuments have been erected to commemorate the Armenian Genocide:
*Montebello Genocide Memorial
*Tsitsernakaberd Genocide Memorial
*Marseille Genocide Memorial

References

External links

* [http://www.unitedhumanrights.org/Genocide/armenian_genocide.htm United Human Rights Watch]
* [http://www.ppu.org.uk/genocide/g_armenia2.html Peace Pledge Union]
* [http://www.armeniapedia.org/index.php?title=Armenian_Genocide Armeniapedia]
* [http://www.armenian-genocide.org/ Armenian National Institute]
* [http://www.littlearmenia.com/html/genocide/ Little Armenia Hollywood]
* [http://www.umd.umich.edu/dept/armenian/facts/genocide.html Factsheet: Armenian Genocide] by Knights of Vartan Armenian Research Center, Dearborn, Michigan


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