SOUTHERN NEVADANS GATHER TO REMEMBER ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

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April 20 2009
Las Vegas

Local Armenian’s came together Sunday at UNLV to remember victims of
the first genocide of the 20th Century.

The event, hosted by the Armenian-American Cultural Society of Las
Vegas, marks the 94th Anniversary of the first modern-day crime
against humanity.

The Society’s Co-Chair, John Dadaian, spoke about the event, "We have
invited Congresswoman Dina Titus and an honored speaker. We are here
to send a message to Washington and around the world that there can
never be a healing until the genocide can be accepted. The genocide
still continues in this world especially in Darfur where genocide
has gone unchallenged since the Holocaust."

Titus was one of the speakers at the event. Each year Armenians
across the world gather to remember victims of the genocide. It
is estimated that 1.5 million Armenians perished between 1915 and
1923. Co-incidentally, the Midbar Kodesh Temple will feature a program
Monday at 7 p.m. on the Jewish Holocaust.