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Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day (Armenian: Մեծ Եղեռնի զոհերի հիշատակի օր Mets Yegherrni zoheri hishataki or) or Armenian Genocide Memorial Day [5] is a public holiday in Armenia and is observed by the Armenian diaspora on 24 April. [5] [6] It is held annually to commemorate the victims of the Armenian genocide of 1915.
The Armenian National Institute (ANI) is a Washington, D.C.–based organization dedicated to the research of Armenian genocide. [2] It was founded in 1997 by the Armenian Assembly of America to bring more awareness to the Armenian genocide. [3] The abbreviation of the Institute, ANI, is the name of the medieval capital of Armenia.
As of 2004, it was believed that there were only four remaining living survivors of the genocide in the United States. Annual madagh festivals are important cultural and community events apart from their historic connection to commemorating Armenian genocide. You may see young men playing soccer or throwing a football while the old men play ...
1.5 million people were killed or displaced during the genocide, including relatives of families that settled in Fresno. Armenian genocide remembered with events in Fresno, including flag-raising ...
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On April 24, 2021, Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day, President Joe Biden declared that the United States considers the events "genocide" in a statement released by the White House, [3] [4] [5] in which the president formally equated the genocide perpetrated against Armenians with atrocities on the scale of those committed in Nazi-occupied ...
Ahead of the second GOP presidential debate, dozens of Armenian Americans and supporters rallied at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library to bring attention to the developments in Nagorno-Karabakh.