Several events are planned across Southern California to remember 1.5 million Armenians killed on April 24, 1915.
Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day was set to be commemorated across Southern California Wednesday as it marked the 109th anniversary of the start of events widely viewed by scholars as the first genocide of the 20th century.
On April 24, 1915, Ottoman authorities arrested Armenian intellectuals and community leaders in Constantinople, leading to an estimated 1.5 million people being killed. Turkey denies the deaths constituted genocide, saying the toll has been inflated and that those killed were victims of civil war and unrest.Schools will be closed today in the Los Angeles and Glendale unified school districts to commemorate Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day.
A bill establishing Genocide Remembrance Day as a state holiday to be observed on April 24 and permitting public schools and community colleges to close in observance of the holiday was signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2022. Montebellow: A community-wide commemoration of the Armenian genocide will be held at the Genocide Monument in Bicknell Park. The commemoration will include a speech by human rights attorney Karnig Kerkonian and the placement of flowers.
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