109-year-old Armenian genocide survivor travels to State House for commemoration [Massachusetts]

>Mary Vartanian, a 109-year-old survivor of the genocide, traveled to the House Chamber flanked by members of the Boston Police Department and the Massachusetts State Police to take part in the event.

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>“From 1915, inspired by rabid nationalism and secret government orders, Turks drove the Armenians from their homes and massacred them in such numbers that outside observers at the time described what was happening as ‘a massacre like none other,’ or ‘a massacre that changes the meaning of massacre,’” an account of the genocide published by the university said.