These ceremonies. sponsored by the Connecticut branch of the Armenian National Committee. served as a vivid and touching reminder of one of the most tragic episodes in the history of mankind. On April 24. 1915. over 200 Armenian religious. political and intellectual leaders were arrested in Constantinople and in Armenian centers throughout the Ottoman Empire by its rulers. These pillars of the Armenian community were then either deported or murdered. leaving the Armenian people leaderless. In May 1915. the deportation of all Armenians was ordered. The resulting death march. consisting mostly of women. children. and the elderly. wound its way across Asia Minor and Turkish Armenia into the Syrian desert. Countless gruesome atrocities were inflicted upon the defenseless Armenians. including rapes and torture.
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