April 24 is the day we commemorate the horrors visited upon the Armenian Community in Turkey during World War I and afterward. On this day. we show solidarity with Armenians everywhere. and reflect upon the meaning and lessons of their suffering and sacrifice. As many commentators have observed. the massacres and deportations inflicted upon the Armenians during that period were to mark this century of horrors. Civilian populations. defined by ethnic. racial or religious distinctiveness. have become targets of marauding soldiers or paramilitary groups. and in some cases. by sovereign states using all their instruments of military power to destroy a people. But reflecting upon the fate of the Armenian people in this century is by no means onesidedly glum.
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