Uploaded April 2019 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Los Angeles, California (KTLA) — Huge crowds of Armenian Americans marched in Los Angeles on Wednesday in an annual commemoration of the deaths of 1.5 million Armenians under the Ottoman Empire.
The march was intended to press demands that Turkey — the successor of the Ottoman Empire — recognize the deaths as genocide.
Turkey contends the deaths starting in 1915 were due to civil war and unrest.
The Los Angeles region is home to a large Armenian community, and the march has become a major event which includes a protest outside the Turkish Consulate.
One of the community's most famous members, Kim Kardashian West, tweeted: "We made a promise we would never forget the Armenian genocide."
In Sacramento, Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a proclamation declaring "A day of remembrance of the Armenian Genocide."
Read more here: ktla.com/2019/04/24/pair-of-l-a-marches-planned-in-commemoration-of-armenian-genocide
Los Angeles, California (KTLA) — Huge crowds of Armenian Americans marched in Los Angeles on Wednesday in an annual commemoration of the deaths of 1.5 million Armenians under the Ottoman Empire.
The march was intended to press demands that Turkey — the successor of the Ottoman Empire — recognize the deaths as genocide.
Turkey contends the deaths starting in 1915 were due to civil war and unrest.
The Los Angeles region is home to a large Armenian community, and the march has become a major event which includes a protest outside the Turkish Consulate.
One of the community's most famous members, Kim Kardashian West, tweeted: "We made a promise we would never forget the Armenian genocide."
In Sacramento, Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a proclamation declaring "A day of remembrance of the Armenian Genocide."
Read more here: ktla.com/2019/04/24/pair-of-l-a-marches-planned-in-commemoration-of-armenian-genocide
