NEW MEMORIAL AT SUNSET PARK TO HONOR VICTIMS OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

KNPR Radio, Nevada
Jan 21 2015

Wed, Jan 21, 2015
By Regina Revazova

Clark County accepted a donated memorial to Armenians killed in the
early 1900s, which will be built in Sunset Park.

Design, construction and installation costs put the entire project at
about $120,000, and all of it will be paid by the Armenian American
Society.

County Commissioner Mary Beth Scow said the monument will not open
the door to dozens of other privately funded memorials.

“We had probably fifty people representing the Armenian community
that came to several of our commission meetings requesting this,”
Clark County Commissioner Mary Beth Scow said, “We felt that this
did rise to the level of something that would dignify the monument,
but we did want to be careful that we are not opening the doors to
everything and anything.”

This proposal rose to that level for the commission because it serves
as an important reminder of historic events no one wants repeated.

“2015 marks the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide, where a
million and a half Armenians were killed during World War I,” said Andy
Armenian, a board member of an Armenian American Society of Las Vegas.

Every year on April 24 thousands of Armenian Americans gather to
commemorate the horrific time, which was carried out by leaders of
the Ottoman Empire. Besides those who were killed, thousands of people
were deported and put into concentration camps.

“The monument will serve as a destination to reflect and place some
memorial flowers,” Armenian said.

The Armenian American Society hopes to have the project completed in
about a year.

GUESTS:

Andy Armenian, Board Member of Armenian American Cultural Society of
Las Vegas

Mary Beth Scow, Clark County Commissioner, District G