Agents of the Ottoman Turkish Empire commenced the systematic massacre of more than 1.500.000 Armenian people on that regrettable day. In the early morning hours 200 leaders of the Armenian community in Constantinople were taken from their homes. arrested. and put to death. During the next 2 years. hundreds of thousands of Armenians were either killed or deported in an attempt by the Ottoman Turks to find a lasting solution to the "Armenian Question." There are few Armenian families that did not lose at least one of their loved ones during this genocidal campaign. This memorial day still captures the unimaginable horror permeating the minds of those who only wanted freedom and identity but lost both at the whim of the Ottomans. The concept of genocide is not fathomable to most Americans. but to the Armenian people living in this country and around the world. it is a horror never to be forgotten.
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