Providence to Commemorate Genocide at Martyr's Monument
24-04-2010 16:00:00 | USA | Politics
PROVIDENCE, APRIL 24, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. The
Armenian Martyr's Memorial Committee of Rhode Island has
organized a gathering on April 25 to commemorate the 95th
anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. It will take place at the
Martyr's Monument. The 29-ft. monument was erected in 1977 to
honor the victims of the Armenian Genocide. Its inscription
reads: "We Armenians dedicate this monument to the immortal
memory of the 1,500,000 Armenian Martyrs massacred by the
Turkish government during the 1915 Genocide."
The three Armenian
Churches and their clergy will participate, along with the
governor of Rhode Island, the Rhode Island Congressional
Delegation, and state and local officials. Dr. Dikran Kaligian,
author of Armenian Organization and Ideology under Ottoman Rule,
1908-1914, will be the guest speaker at the event.