YEREVAN — The first meeting of the commission which coordinates organization of the events devoted to the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide was held which was conducted by the chairman of the commission Serzh Sarkisian.
President Sarkisian greeted the participants of the sitting, thanked them for accepting the invitation to joint the commission.
“The issue of the Armenian Genocide is still open ninety-six years after it was perpetrated,” President Sargsyan said in his speech. “It’s open because it’s hard to understand the policy of annihilation a state planned and implemented against its own citizens. It’s open, since the consequences of the crime against the Armenian people have not yet been eliminated. It’s open because there are deniers of the Armenian Genocide, who spare no effort to distort this black page of the Armenian history. It’s open, since Armenian Genocide deniers view this tragedy as a phenomenon that creates inconveniences for them in international politics and do not perceive the necessity to reimburse for it through penitence.”
During the meeting Secretary of the commission, Director of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute Hayk Demoyan briefed on the organization of the events dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, formation of an advisory group of the state commission. Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian presented the work done abroad ahead of the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.
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“Where is your Christian God?” Alma Sakaian, a fifteen year old Protestant Christian Armenian, recalled hearing this question mockingly asked by perpetrators of heinous crimes upon her caravan. Alma was among the one hundred and fifty survivors of a sixty-five day forced march that witnessed over 17,850 casualties. I have documented two generations of Alma’s immediate and extended family life, as well as recreating her caravan ordeal. The research includes hundred rare pictures, newspaper and magazine articles dating 1873 – 1924. In honor of the 100th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide I am providing links to the research for those interested in this important historical era and personal story.
Alma Sakaian, 1915 Armenian Genocide Survivor: “From Aghin” a Remembrance
http://milhomme.blogspot.com/2013/04/alma-sakaian-1915-armenian-genocide.html
1873 Armenians in Baku
http://milhomme.blogspot.com/2013/01/1873-armenians-in-baku.html
1876 Early Protestant Missions and Missionaries in Harpoot (Kharpert)
http://milhomme.blogspot.com/2013/01/1876-early-protestant-missions-and.html
Rev. Crosby H. Wheeler, D.D. founder Euphrates College 1878
http://milhomme.blogspot.com/2013/01/rev-crosby-h-wheeler-dd-founder.html
Susan A. Wheeler, Crosby H. Wheeler & Emily C. Wheeler, Missionaries to Armenia
http://milhomme.blogspot.com/2013/01/susan-wheeler-crosby-h-wheeler-emily-c.html
Friends of Armenia, Boston, Massachusetts USA 1894
http://milhomme.blogspot.com/2012/03/friends-of-armenia-boston-massachusetts.html
1896 American Red Cross Relief Expedition to Armenia 1896 Part 1
http://milhomme.blogspot.com/2013/01/1896-american-red-cross-relief.html
1896 American Red Cross Relief Expedition to Armenia 1896 Part 2
http://milhomme.blogspot.com/2013/01/1896-american-red-cross-relief_21.html
1896 Letters From Scenes of the Recent in Armenia
http://milhomme.blogspot.com/2013/03/1896-letters-from-scenes-of-recent-in.html
Armenians celebrate first Thanksgiving, November 26, 1896 in Boston, Massachusetts
http://milhomme.blogspot.com/2010/11/armenians-celebrate-first-thanksgiving.html
1898 “Illustrated Armenia and the Armenians”
http://milhomme.blogspot.com/2013/01/1898-illustrated-armenia-and-armenians.html
1900 Maps of Armenian Plateau: From “The Crime of Christendom”
http://milhomme.blogspot.com/2013/01/1900-maps-of-armenian-plateau-from.html
1900 Travel Through Five Turkish Provinces
http://milhomme.blogspot.com/2013/01/1900-travel-through-five-turkish.html
Anatolia College: Marsovan, Turkey 1901
http://milhomme.blogspot.com/2013/03/anatolia-college-marsovan-turkey-1901.html
Armenia College: Renamed Euphrates College 1852-1915
http://milhomme.blogspot.com/2012/03/armenia-college-renamed-euphrates.html
Hamidian Massacre Orphans in Marsovan, Turkey 1901
http://milhomme.blogspot.com/2013/03/hamidian-massacre-orphans-in-marsovan.html
1903 Armenian Pictures: Rare Pictures from 1903 Missionary Herald at Home and Abroad
http://milhomme.blogspot.com/2013/12/1903-armenian-pictures-rare-pictures.html
Christmas 1904 Armenian Prayers and Fears
http://milhomme.blogspot.com/2010/12/christmas-1904-armenian-prayers-and.html
Emily C. Wheeler, Susan A. Wheeler & Rev. Crosby H. Wheeler: National Armenia & India Relief Association & Euphrates College
http://milhomme.blogspot.com/2013/09/emily-c-wheeler-susan-wheeler-rev.html
Moses Gulesian, Armenian Immigrant saves “Old Ironsides”
http://milhomme.blogspot.com/2012/07/moses-gulesian-armenian-immigrant-saves.html
1906 Armenian Pictures: Rare Pictures From Missionary Herald
http://milhomme.blogspot.com/2013/12/1906-armenian-pictures-rare-pictures.html
1907 The Desert and the Sown (Aleppo Governorate)
http://milhomme.blogspot.com/2013/02/1907-desert-and-sown-aleppo-governorate.html
1908 Armenian Pictures: Rare Pictures Missionary Herald Magazine
http://milhomme.blogspot.com/2014/01/1908-armenian-pictures-rare-pictures_7.html
1910 Armenian Pictures: Rare Pictures
http://milhomme.blogspot.com/2014/01/1910-armenian-pictures-rare-pictures.html
1912 Armenian Pictures: Rare Pictures Missionary Herald at Home & Abroad
http://milhomme.blogspot.com/2014/01/1912-armenian-pictures-rare-pictures.html
Murder of Rev. Charles H. Holbrook: Turkey, August 13, 1913
http://milhomme.blogspot.com/2014/01/on-august-13-1913-rev.html
1913 Armenian Pictures: Rare Pictures from Missionary Herald at Home and Abroad
http://milhomme.blogspot.com/2013/12/1906-armenian-pictures-rare-pictures_13.html
Late 1914 War I in Turkish Armenia Pictures: Missionary Herald at Home and Abroad
http://milhomme.blogspot.com/2014/01/late-1914-war-i-in-turkish-armenia.html
100 Year Old Armenian Refugee to America November 1914
http://milhomme.blogspot.com/2014/01/100-year-old-armenian-refugee-to.html
Turkish Deportation Proclamation: June 28, 1915
http://milhomme.blogspot.com/2012/04/turkish-deportation-proclamation-june.html
1915 Martyred Professors of Euphrates College, Harpoot
http://milhomme.blogspot.com/2014/04/1915-martyred-professors-of-euphrates.html
Alma (Sakaian) Shahabian: 1915 Genocide Survivor
http://milhomme.blogspot.com/2012/03/from-aghin-samuel-sakaian-alma-sakaian_10.html
Alma Sakaian: 1915 Deportation Caravan Rte. PART I : The First 13 of 65 Days Forced March; Aghin to Malatia
http://milhomme.blogspot.com/2014/04/alma-sakaian-1915-deportation-caravan.html
Alma Sakaian: 1915 Caravan PART II Malatia to Samsat
http://milhomme.blogspot.com/2014/04/alma-sakaian-1915-caravan-part-ii.html
Alma Sakaian: 1915 Caravan PART III Samsat to Ras Al Ayn
http://milhomme.blogspot.com/2014/04/alma-sakaian-1915-caravan-part-iii.html
Photographs Sakaian Aghin Caravan Deportation Route June-Sept 1915 Aghin to Aleppo
http://milhomme.blogspot.com/2012/03/sakaian-aghin-caravan-deportation-route.html
Rare Armenian Postcards circa 1915
http://milhomme.blogspot.com/2013/12/rare-armenian-postcards-circa-1915.html
1915: The Railways of Syria and Palestine
http://milhomme.blogspot.com/2013/02/1915-railways-of-syria-and-palestine.html
1912-1915 Taurus Mts. & Adana [Construction of the Berlin to Baghdad Railway]
http://milhomme.blogspot.com/2012/03/1912-1915-taurus-mts-adana-construction.html
1915 Boston Globe Armenian Massacre Headlines April – October
http://milhomme.blogspot.com/2012/04/1915-boston-globe-armenian-massacre.html
1916 Armenian Pictures : Rare Pictures from Missionary Herald at Home and Abroad Magazine
http://milhomme.blogspot.com/2013/12/1916-armenian-pictures-rare-pictures.html
Khanem Ketenjian (Armenuhi) – Armenian Resistance in Urfa 1915
http://milhomme.blogspot.com/2013/01/khanem-ketenjian-armenuhi-armenian.html
Armenian Legion 1916 – 1920 : Legion d’Orient
http://milhomme.blogspot.com/2012/04/armenian-legion-1916-1920-legion.html
Captain Jim Chankalian, Leader U.S. Volunteer Armenian Force WWI
http://milhomme.blogspot.com/2012/04/captain-jim-chankalian-leader-us.html
America Aids Armenian Christmas 1896-1920
http://milhomme.blogspot.com/2013/12/america-aids-armenian-christmas-1896.html
“The Helping Hand”: National Armenian Relief Committee
http://milhomme.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-helping-hand-national-armenian.html
1917 American Physician in Turkey Pictures: War & Peace
http://milhomme.blogspot.com/2013/03/1917-american-physician-in-turkey-war.html
The New Armenia Magazine 1917 January – December Issues
http://milhomme.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-new-armenia-magazine-1917-january.html
Armenian Relief Pictures 1920-1922: The New Near East, Volumes 6-8
http://milhomme.blogspot.com/2013/03/armenian-relief-1920-1922-new-near-east.html
First Armenian Slave Girl Rescued February 1920
http://milhomme.blogspot.com/2012/05/first-armenian-slave-girl-rescued.html
Armenian Girls Forced in Harems and Servitude
http://milhomme.blogspot.com/2014/04/armenian-girls-forced-in-harems-and.html
Secrets of the Harems: The Last Stronghold of Slavery
http://milhomme.blogspot.com/2012/05/secrets-of-harems-last-stronghold-of.html
AUCTION OF SOULS:Aurora Mardiganian
http://milhomme.blogspot.com/2012/05/auction-of-souls-made-blood-of-american.html
American Cities Adopt Armenian Orphans
http://milhomme.blogspot.com/2012/05/american-cities-adopt-armenian-orphans.html