One of the striking things a century later is how this effort (begun as the The American Committee for Syrian and Armenian Relief in 1915) had the prominent support of the American elite, the names of the trustees reads like a who's who of America's (most WASP) upper crust.
Preparing for this week's #ArmenianGenocide commemoration, have been perusing the 1921 Near East Relief yearly report delivered to the US Senate, which makes for fascinating reading a century later.
In all of American history, there’s no example of a foreign gag-rule that’s lasted longer than Ankara’s century-long campaign of threats against honest US condemnation & commemoration of Ottoman Turkey’s WWI-era #genocide of Armenians and other Christians.
#EndTheGagRule
U.S. officials say President Joe Biden is preparing to formally acknowledge that the systematic killing and deportation of hundreds of thousands of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire in modern-day Turkey more than a century ago was genocide. https://t.co/qVDR522i4J
Thank you @POTUS for recognizing the truth and for your courage in stating it. Pleased to have coauthored the Armenian Genocide resolution every year that I was in the CA state legislature and in Congress. It will have special meaning this year.
The reasons why I believe @JoeBiden should — and will — call the #ArmenianGenocide a “Genocide” this Saturday, April 24. The word is critical. Thank you, @FresnoBee . @ANCA_DC
https://t.co/7jTXzsTOMY
My comments for @KTLA: “As we saw during the Turkish-backed Azerbaijani invasion of Artsakh, Armenians continue to face many of the same threats they did 106 years ago — as a community we must remain active in ensuring those threats do not succeed."
https://t.co/Melg9IbGhn
.@POTUS is expected to declare massacre of Armenians a genocide. Anthony Barsamian, Armenian Assembly’s Co-Chair @ARAMAC_DC joins me on @SXMPOTUS @SIRIUSXM to discuss the seminal moment.
https://t.co/GPbGK4LqNG
“We've been here before ... and we've been disappointed before,” said the chair of the Armenian National Committee of Albany. “This is embedded in every Armenian’s blood, and heart and soul that these atrocities happened."
@SpecNewsCNY #ArmenianGenocide https://t.co/5VOhNQTeiU
Remembrance of any genocide is imperative to preventing future tragedies, and that process begins with recognition.
What was perpetrated upon the Armenian people was unequivocally genocide, and we strongly encourage @POTUS to recognize it as such. https://t.co/RRnCVeGM1W
@ANCA_DC Wanted to share the following piece that I wrote for The Forward on why Israel needs to recognize the Armenian Genocide. The Forward is one of the largest Jewish media outlets in the US. Please share https://t.co/tpiHg78HXk #ArmenianGenocide