31/03/2015 15:49
Armenian Americans in southeast Michigan mark 100th anniversary of massacre by Ottoman Turks
Armenian Americans in southeastern Michigan are marking the 100th anniversary of the massacre of up to 1.5 million Armenians by Ottoman Turkey. AP reports.
Historians describe the killings during and after World War I as the 20th century's first genocide. The current Turkish government continues to deny that genocide occurred.
The U.S. Census says about 447,000 Americans are of Armenian descent. About 17,000 of them live in Michigan.
The Detroit News (http://bit.ly/1yqr4HI ) says events marking the anniversary include an ecumenical service April 24 at St. Mary's Antiochian Orthodox Basilica in Livonia. Catholic Archbishop Allen Vigneron will give a homily.
On April 13, Wayne State University's Alumni House hosts a discussion with filmmaker Eric Nazarian and violinist Nuné Melikian. And actor Eric Bogosian speaks April 18 at Dearborn's Edsel Ford High School.