On April 24, Armenians around the world commemorated the 106th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide – the systematic murder of over 1.5 million Armenians, Greeks, and Assyrians, between 1915 and 1923, at the hands of the Ottoman Turkish Empire.
Today, there are over 2 million Armenian Americans living in the U.S., most of whom are descendants of genocide survivors.
I am a great-grandchild of survivors, who shared with us their eyewitness accounts and unspeakable stories of murder, death marches, and the loss of over 50 family members at the hands of the Ottoman Turkish authorities.
At 11 years old, my great-grandmother was the only surviving member of her family after marching 300 miles through the desert into Syria, where she finally found refuge.