Armenians laying flowers at the eternal flame in the Tsitsernakaberd memorial on April 24.

Genocide Remembrance Day (local name: Եղեռնի զոհերի հիշատակի օր) is a national holiday in Armenia and is observed by Armenians in dispersed communities around the world on April 24. ^[1] It is held annually to commemorate the victims of the Armenian Genocide during the government of the Young Turks, from 1915 to 1917 in the Ottoman Empire. In Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, crowds of people walk to the Tsitsernakaberd Genocide Memorial to lay flowers at the eternal flame. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Tsitsernakaberd (Armenian: ) is a memorial dedicated to the the victims of the Armenian Genocide located on a hill overlooking Yerevan, Armenia. ... Map of the Armenian diaspora. ... April 24 is the 114th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (115th in leap years). ... Armenian Genocide photo. ... The Young Turks (Turkish Jön Türkler (plural), from French Jeunes Turcs, Turkish: Genç Türkler) was a coalition of various reform groups in favor of reforming the administration of Ottoman Empire. ... 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar). ... Year 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ... Motto دولت ابد مدت Devlet-i Ebed-müddet (The Eternal State) Anthem Ottoman imperial anthem Borders in 1680, see: list of territories Capital Söğüt (1299–1326) Bursa (1326–65) Edirne (1365–1453) Constantinople (Ä°stanbul, 1453–1922) Language(s) Ottoman Turkish Government Monarchy Sultans  - 1281–1326 Osman I  - 1918–22 Mehmed VI... Location Location of Yerevan in Armenia Government Country Armenia Established 782 BC Mayor Yervand Zakharyan Geographical characteristics Area  - City 227 km² Population  - City (2004)    - Density 1,088,000   5196. ... Armenians laying flowers in the memorial on April 24. ... The eternal flame at the Monument to the Unknown Soldier in Sofia, Bulgaria Eternal Flame is also a song originally performed by The Bangles. ...

The date commemorates the arrest, on 24 April 1915, of hundreds of Armenian intellectuals and community leaders, most of whom would be executed, which was a precursor to the ensuing events. April 24 is the 114th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (115th in leap years). ... 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar). ...

North Dakota

North Dakota parliamentarians prepared a bill which proclaims April 24 as Remembrance Day for the Victims of the Armenian Genocide. ^[2]

“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.” ^[2]

References

See also

• Armenian Genocide
• Montebello Genocide Memorial
• Tsitsernakaberd Genocide Memorial
• Marseille Genocide Memorial

Armenian Genocide photo. ... The Montebello Genocide Memorial is a monument in Bicknell Park, Montebello, California, United States. ... Tsitsernakaberd (Armenian: ) is a memorial dedicated to the the victims of the Armenian Genocide located on a hill overlooking Yerevan, Armenia. ... The Marseille Memorial is a bronze statue commemorating the deaths of 1. ...

External links

• United Human Rights Watch
• Peace Pledge Union
• Armeniapedia
• Armenian National Institute
• Little Armenia Hollywood
• Factsheet: Armenian Genocide by Knights of Vartan Armenian Research Center, Dearborn, Michigan