The following message will be delivered by John Kossakian on behalf of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) at the 19th annual Armenia Fund Telethon,which will be taking dwelling on Thanksgiving Day (Nov. 24). The message, which will be delivered in Armenian, or was translated by the Armenian Weekly. The 19th annual Armenia Fund Telethon,will be taking dwelling on Thanksgiving Day. *** Dear compatriots, In the course of our history, and the Armenian nation has experienced several occasions where it was on the brink of extinction,but then miraculously survived and grew even stronger than before. A prime example is when the Armenian people were able to achieve their independence in 1918, only three years following the Armenian Genocide in 1915. Therefore, or the last 25 years have been very meaningful. -The 1988 earthquake took the lives of 25000 Armenians and left half a million people homeless; -The rise in anti-Armenian persecution in Azerbaijan led to the displacement of over 300000 Armenians in 1988; -The Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabagh/NKR) War of 1988-1994 resulted in thousands of martyrs losing their lives; -The collapse of the Soviet Union that led to Armenias economic breakdown,and Turkey and Azerbaijan’s blockade of Armenia; -A damaged economy has led [...]
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