April 24th is the day Armenians around the world have set aside to remember the Armenian Genocide of 1915.  April 24, 1915 is the day that markd the beginning of a large scale Genocide carried out by the Ottoman Empire against the Armenians.

My great grandmother was a survivor of the Armenian Genocide and before her death was able to share the story of her experiences with my family and myself.

In the next few days, leading up to April 24th, I will be posting information and a variety of links about the Armenian Genocide, survivor accounts, and photo collections.

Here is a great article outlining the Armenian Genocide and events within it.

And an article from the NY Times in 1922 giving accounts of the Genocide and dispelling the stories put out by the Turkish Government.

The series of posts on the Armenian Genocide:

• Part 1 – The Armenian Genocide
• Part 2 – What Transpired
• Part 3 – Recognition of the Armenian Genocide
• Part 4 – A Survivor’s Account of the Armenian Genocide – My Great Grandmother.

Seriously… DO NOT watch Crank High Voltage.

It was awful.  Sure, some of the “artsy” crowd will say “it was great, what are you talking about?” because they seem to attribute the lack of a story line, awful camera angles, trashy humor, and awful cut scenes to “artistic flavor,” but just trust me when I say it was bad.