Mr. Speaker. once again I rise. along with my colleagues. in solemn commemoration of the events of April 24th. 1915. On that day. a group of leaders of the Armenian community in Turkey was murdered. That fateful day marked the beginning. By 1923. about a million and a half Armenians had been killed and 500.000 more had been deported. The Armenian community of the Ottoman Empire was uprooted. as this bloody century witnessed its first genocide. Many survivors came to the United States to rebuild their lives. As a community and as individuals. they attained remarkable successes. contributing greatly to their new homeland and consolidating Armenians longstanding reputation for resourcefulness and resilience.
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