US congressmen attend commemoration ceremony in New York
Thousands gathered at St. Vartan Armenian Cathedral Tavoukjian Hall in New York on April 25 to commemorate the 95th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. The ceremony was initially scheduled to take place at its usual Times Square location, but due to weather conditions was moved to the Cathedral's hall.
Present at the event were survivors of the Armenian Genocide Onori Emilyan and Piruz Galustyan.
Congressmen Robert Menendez, Frank Pallone, and Senator Charles Schumer were also present at the yearly commemoration. They condemned Turkey's policy of denial and read out the massages of Governors David Patterson (New York) and Arnold Schwarzenegger (California) and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
Representatives of different organizations made addressing speeches.
Robert Karapetyan
New York
