RALLY HELD ON ANNIVERSARY OF MASSACRE
KSL-TV, UTAH
April 24 2006
(KSL News) — Demonstrators marched in downtown Salt Lake today to
rally on the anniversary of a massacre in Armenia.
April 24th marks the 91st anniversary of the genocide in Armenia. The
event took place in 1915 during World War I. Event organizers say
one and a half million Armenian men, women and children were killed.
Today, those who rallied at the Federal Building in Salt Lake pushed
for regonition of the massacre.
Agnesa Bakhshyan, Demonstration Organizer: “You can’t find this in
any history book, and you know, people should know what happened.”
Protesters say 37 states across the US recognize the Armenian massacre
as a genocide. They hope to get legislation passed in Utah recognizing
the mass extermination.
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