Montebello Genocide Memorial

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The Montebello Genocide Memorial is a monument in Bicknell Park, Montebello, California, United States. The monument is dedicated to the victims of the Armenian Genocide that took place in Ottoman Empire carried out by the Turkish government against the Armenian population in 1915. Thousands of Armenians from different parts of Greater Los Angeles area and US politicians gather in Montebello memorial every year on April 24 and lay flowers to the victims of the genocide.

[edit] See also

• Armenian Genocide
• Tsitsernakaberd Genocide Memorial
• Marseille Genocide Memorial
• Genocide Remembrance Day

[edit] External links

• Montebello monument at ArmeniaPedia.org
• Monument at Bicknell Park in Montebello, California

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