President Joe Biden to recognize atrocities against Armenians as genocide masslive.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from masslive.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Rep. Michelle Steel (CA-48) today spoke on the House Floor ahead of Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day this Saturday, April 24th, highlighting the history of the genocide and the importance of sharing an accurate history. This week she joined more than 100 of her bipartisan colleagues urging the Administration to “directly recognize” the Armenian Genocide on April 24th.
“The shameful silence of the United States Government on the historic fact of the Armenian Genocide has gone on for too long, and it must end. We urge you to follow through on your commitments and speak the truth,” the Members wrote. President Biden is expected to make remarks this weekend for the 106th anniversary of the beginning of the genocide.
Armenian Genocide: Serj Tankian Thanks President Biden for Recognition billboard.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from billboard.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Print
Twenty years ago, I wrote a piece for this newspaper with a three-word opening, It’s one of the paragraphs I’m proudest of in my journalism career. The entire lead was this: “The Armenian genocide.”
That was it. The whole shebang. Not an “alleged,” not a “What Armenians call a genocide,” not anything other than a statement of what was, is and always will be the attempt during World War I to wipe Armenians off the face of the Earth.
All the usual emotions that accompany April 24, Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day anger, sadness, frustration, isolation, honor and more will be on display Saturday, but this year in an intensified fashion.
Local reaction to historic declaration of Armenian genocide ktvu.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ktvu.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.