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North Hollywood rally to commemorate Armenian genocide
Armenian activists rally outside the Turkish Consulate General on the 94th anniversary commemoration of the Armenian Genocide on April 24, 2009 in Los Angeles, California.
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On Sunday afternoon, a rally in North Hollywood will commemorate the 101st anniversary of the 1915 genocide of Armenians, Assyrians and Greeks.
Assembly member Adrin Nazarian and council member Paul Krekorian are among the elected officials planning to attend the event.
Jon Koriel is with the Assyrian-American Association of Southern California, which is organizing the event.
"This is the sort of history that needs to be remembered and honored and told so that my generation and my kids' generation and my grandchildren's generation can have that history live through them, so that what had happened doesn't go forgotten," Koriel tells KPCC.
Armenian and Turkish officials disagree over the use of the term genocide in describing the mass killings of Armenians in 1915.
The rally runs from 2 to 6 p.m. near Cahuenga and Burbank boulevards.
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