Woonsocket Call, RI
April 23 2005
This Week at the General Assembly:
Candlelight march, State House event commemorates Armenian Genocide
The Rhode Island Day of Remembrance of the Armenian Genocide was
marked Friday at the State House with a ceremony at the conclusion of
a candlelight march commemorating the 90th anniversary of the
Armenian Genocide of 1915. The event began with a memorial service at
Sts. Vartanantz Armenian Apostolic Church at 402 Broadway,
Providence. Participants then marched to the State House, where
federal, state and local dignitaries participated in a program
commemorating the tragedy.
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