Times Square Rally to Mark 90th Anniversary of Armenian Genocide

PR Newswire (press release)
April 21 2005

NEW YORK, April 21 /PRNewswire/ — On Sunday, April 24, 2005,
thousands of Armenian Americans from throughout the nation will
converge on New York City to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the
1915 Armenian Genocide — in which 1.5 million Armenians perished
at the hands of the Ottoman Turkish empire. Historians consider
the attempt to exterminate the Armenians as the first instance
of genocide in the 20th century: a precursor to mass killings
throughout the century, and an explicit model for Hitler’s own
“final solution.” Still, 90 years after the catastrophe that scattered
surviving Armenians across the globe, the Republic of Turkey continues
to deny the facts of the Genocide.

The day will start with church services at 9:00 a.m., in
Manhattan’s two Armenian cathedrals: St. Vartan Cathedral (Second
Ave. at 34th St.) and St. Illuminator’s Cathedral (27th St. between
Second and Third Avenues).

At 12:00 noon, a large memorial gathering at Times Square
(Broadway at 43rd St.) will bring together several thousand Armenian
Americans throughout North America. Finally, from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m.,
a solemn ecumenical requiem service will be held at St. Patrick’s Roman
Catholic Cathedral (Fifth Ave. at 50th St.), where dignitaries from
the religious, political, diplomatic, and media arenas will be present.

WHAT: Rally at Times Square to commemorate the 90th
Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide

WHO: Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY)
Governor George Pataki (R-NY) (Invited)
Congressman Frank Pallone (D-NJ)
Michael Osanian – Senior Editor, Forbes Magazine

WHEN: April 24, 2005
12 Noon – 2:00pm

WHERE: Times Square
Broadway and 43rd Street
New York, NY

VISUALS: 3,000 – 5,000 from the Armenian Diaspora in Times Square
honoring the victims and survivors of the 1915 Armenian Genocide
and calling for the United States, Turkey, and the United
Nations to officially recognize the Genocide and end future
genocides

The Armenian Genocide Memorial Committee is coordinating events
on April 24th, 2005 to commemorate the 90th Anniversary of the Armenian
Genocide. The committee is comprised of the Diocese of the Armenian
Church of America, the Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church of
America, the Armenian National Committee of America, The Armenian
Catholic Church of the United States and Canada, Armenian General
Benevolent Union, the Armenian Relief Society of Eastern United
States, the Armenian Assembly, Armenian Democratic Liberal Party,
the Armenian Revolutionary Federation, the Armenian Missionary
Association of America, the Social Democratic Hunchakian Party,
and the Knights of Vartan.