HARTFORD, Conn.—The historic Connecticut House of Representative Chambers was filled to overflow for the 104th commemoration of the Armenian Genocide on April 27. Connecticut State Representative Edwin Vargas, Jr. (D-Hartford) was in attendance and introduced […]
CHICAGO, Ill.—Armenians from across Chicago converged near the consulate of the Republic of Turkey on April 24, 2019 to join with the Armenian Youth Federation (AYF) Chicago “Ararat” Chapter in a protest marking the 104th […]
BOSTON, Mass.—More than a century after the 1915 Armenian Genocide, hundreds of Armenians from the Greater Boston area paid tribute last week to the struggle of the Armenian experience. “We not only survived,” said veteran […]
Pres. Donald Trump issued last week his third April 24 statement “on Armenian Remembrance Day.” And for three years in a row he did not muster the courage to use the correct term—genocide—to describe the […]
ISTANBUL—A prominent Turkish-Armenian activist was taken into custody last week for making controversial anti-Turkish narratives and using the term “genocide” during a requiem service on Armenian Genocide commemoration day. Nor Zartonk activist Alexis Kalk was […]
LANSING, Mich. —Michigan’s House of Representatives has passed legislation that declares April 24 as a Day of Remembrance for the Armenian Genocide from 1915 to 1923. During that time, Armenians, as well as Greeks, Assyrian-Chaldeans, […]
Baruyr “Buddy” Avedick Poladian passed away April 17, 2019 at the age of 101. Buddy was born Nov 9, 1917 in Watertown, Mass. His family moved to California in 1921 and opened a family textile […]
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Armenian-Americans joined members of the Greater Washington Greek, Assyrian, Yezidi, Christian and Kurdish communities in a demonstration demanding justice for the Armenian Genocide against the backdrop of a disruptive April 24 ‘celebration’ organized by […]
I’ve been remiss the last few years. Going to and ever-so-briefly chronicling as many Los Angeles-area Genocide commemorative events as possible is something I’ve always found important. Unfortunately, I haven’t done it, and now, it’s […]
Agnes (Kalousdian) Krikorian, age 91, passed away peacefully after a period of declining health in Framingham, Massachusetts on April 23, 2019. Her beloved husband George, who was a public-school teacher, predeceased her in 1997. The […]
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