April 24. 1984. marks the 69th anniversary of Armenian Martyrs Day. the 69th anniversary of the beginning of a campaign of genocide against the Armenian people. In the mass destruction which ensued between 1915 and 1923 over 1.5 million Armenians were massacred in their own homeland. Whole village were wiped out. thousands of individuals were deported. and countless others fled into the desert. where many perished from exposure or disease. Their property was sequestered. and many centuries of sulture destroyed. We commemorate the Armenian genocide in part to pay tribute to its survivors and to the memory of its victims. and in part to reinforce our own determination to insure such deeds will not be repeated.
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