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From City Hall, to the streets of downtown, to Fresno State and a packed Armenian church, Fresnans remembered the victims and survivors of the Armenian Genocide.  Friday, April 24th marked 100 years since the genocide began in 1915.  In every event, people honored the lives lost while calling for recognition. KSEE24’s …

Four thousand people attended a ceremony at Fresno State to unveil the Armenian Genocide Monument Thursday. The monument is the only one of it’s kind on an American University. It took 100 days to construct and was funded through community donations. 1.5 million Armenians lost their lives in the 1915 …

White House officials announced Tuesday that President Barack Obama will not be using the word "genocide" to describe the mass killings of 1.5 million Armenians. This week marks the genocide’s 100-year commemoration. Obama has been under pressure to recognize the genocide by name, but once again, he, like other presidents before …

This month, Armenians worldwide will mark the 100th commemoration of the Armenian Genocide, where 1.5 million Armenians died at the hands of Ottoman Turks. About 50,000 Armenians live in the Central Valley. Thursday, a Turkish pastor visited the First Armenian Presbyterian Church in Fresno to apologize for the crimes his ancestors committed against Armenians. …