Benjamin Gilman: “I also want to extend my concerns to the Armenian-American community on this somber occasion. Armenian-Americans have…”

“I also want to extend my concerns to the Armenian-American community on this somber occasion. Armenian-Americans have every reason to be proud of their heritage and their accomplishments in this country as well as their efforts in preserving their culture their attention to the memory of their matryrs. I join Armenians and their friends throughout the world who gather this week to honor the memories of the countless men, women, and children who perished 86 years ago in the Armenian Genocide. Future generations should not be around to forget such horrible crimes, much less to deny their existence. Moreover, we can not say with any certainty that the atrocities of the American Genocide are left to history. We only have to recall the Holocaust, the killing fields of Cambodia, the massacres in Rwanda, and the ethnic cleansing in Bosnian and East Timor. That is why, in addition to never forgetting the first genocide of the 20th century, we must make certain that the fate that befell the Armenian people will never again be repeated.”