The Detroit News
Thursday, April 22, 2004
Armenians will mark the anniversary Saturday night at St. Sarkis Armenian
Apostolic Church.
Memorial events
Detroit: Prof. Hubert C. Locke, former provost at Wayne State University,
will speak at a free luncheon at noon Friday in the McGregor Memorial
Conference Center on the WSU campus. The presentation, titled “An
African-American Perspective on the Holocaust and the Armenian Genocide,” is
sponsored by the Cohn-Haddow Center for Judaic Studies at WSU. Call (313)
577-2679
Dearborn: St. Sarkis Armenian Apostolic Church of Dearborn, St. Vartan
Armenian Catholic Church of Detroit and the Armenian Congregational Church
of Southfield will hold a “Martyr’s Day Commemoration” starting at 7 p.m.
Saturday at St. Sarkis Armenian Apostolic Church, 19300 Ford Road west of
Southfield, in Dearborn. Call (313) 336-6828.
Southfield: The Detroit United Committee for the Commemoration of the
Armenian Genocide has scheduled “89 Years of Denial & Injustice” from 2-4
p.m. Sunday at the Cultural Hall of St. John Armenian Church, 22001
Northwestern, in Southfield. Ken Hachikian, chair of the Armenian National
Committee of America is keynote speaker. Arman Kirakossian, ambassador to
the United States from the Republic of Armenia also will speak. Call (248)
569-3405.
Birmingham: Arman Kirakossian, ambassador to the United States from the
Republic of Armenia, is to sign copies of his new book, “The Armenian
Massacres, 1894-1896: U.S. Media Testimony,” from 6-7:30 p.m. Sunday at
Border’s Books on Woodward near Maple in Birmingham. Afterglow to follow in
Hagopian World of Rugs showroom. Call (248) 569-3405.
Source: Detroit News research