Responding to a campaign orchestrated by the Turkish Embassy. the National Park Service has removed a photo depicting victims of the Armenian genocide from the Ellis Island Centennial Photo Exhibit. This act of historical revisionism. whether done in ignorance or simply to avoid controversy. must be condemned. The Ellis Island authorities must reject the heavy handed tactics the Turkish Embassy has used to rewrite the history of American immigration. The Armenian genocide. as the primary cause of Armenian Immigration to the United States during and after World War I. Is an integral part of the story of Ellis Island. The removed photograph should be reinstated where it rightfully belongs.
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