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VIEW GALLERY: The Armenian Bone Marrow Donor Registry took part in a national commemoration at Yerablur on May 9. Photos courtesy of the Armenian Bone Marrow Donor Registry
Many of Those Remembered Were Registered with ABMDR
as Potential Bone Marrow Donors.
The Armenian Bone Marrow Donor Registry took part in a national commemoration in honor of the thousands of soldiers who fell in the First and Second Artsakh Wars. The mourned soldiers include 94 young men who had joined ABMDR as potential bone marrow donors.
The commemoration took place in Yerevan on May 9, the traditional date that marks Shushi Liberation Day. Every year on May 8 and May 9 and up till 2020, Armenians celebrated the liberation of Shushi and the liberation of Artsakh as a whole. This year, however, as the Armenian nation is reeling from the loss of Shushi and other territories as a result of the Artsakh War of 2020, May 9 has instead become a day of remembrance and mourning.