Newspaper reports of that period were filled with stories of the plight of Armenians who were reduced to eating grass. Before 1914. over 2 million Armenians lived in Turkey. By the end of 1923. the entire Armenian population of Anatolia and western Armenia had either been killed or deported. The calculated policy of deportation and extermination implemented by the Ottoman Turks resulted in this tragic example of mans inhumanity to man. We pause today in remembrance of the injustices and atrocities that were suffered by the Armenian people. It is incumbent upon all peaceloving people to remember this and similar events in hopes of avoiding future atrocities like those currently occurring in Bosnia.
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