Genocide Remembrance Day

Presidents and Religious leaders of both Armenia and Russia commemorating the genocide at the Tsitsernakaberd Genocide Memorial

Genocide Remembrance Day (Armenian: Եղեռնի զոհերի հիշատակի օր) is a national holiday in Armenia and is observed by Armenians in dispersed communities around the world on April 24. It is held annually to commemorate the victims of the Armenian Genocide from 1915 to 1923. In Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, hundreds of thousands of people walk to the Tsitsernakaberd Genocide Memorial to lay flowers at the eternal flame.

The date 24 April commemorates the Armenian notables deported from the Ottoman capital in 1915, of hundreds of Armenian intellectuals and community leaders, most of whom would be executed, which was a precursor to the ensuing events.

Monuments

Several monuments have been erected to commemorate the Armenian Genocide:

• Montebello Genocide Memorial
• Tsitsernakaberd Genocide Memorial
• Marseille Genocide Memorial
• List of Armenian Genocide memorials

External links

• United Human Rights Watch
• Peace Pledge Union
• Armeniapedia
• Armenian National Institute
• Little Armenia Hollywood
• Factsheet: Armenian Genocide by Knights of Vartan Armenian Research Center, Dearborn, Michigan