Mr. President. each April. Armenians worldwide commemorate the anniversary of the genocide that took the lives of an estimated 1.5 million Armenians from 1915 through 1923. The actual day of remembrance. April 24. commemorates the day in 1915 marking the beginning of the Ottoman campaign of religious. political. and cultural persecution against the Armenian people. when hundreds of Armenian community leaders were arrested and killed by Turkish forces to eliminate the Armenian people through deportation and death. This day of remembrance has special significance in this particular historical moment. After decades of Soviet rule. Armenia is a newly free and independent country.
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