April 24 – Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day

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nToday hundreds of thousands of Armenians will walk to a memorial site to lay flowers at the eternal flame in memory of the people who died in the 1915 Armenian Genocide.
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nThe Republic of Armenia, which is only one-tenth the size of the historical Armenia, is located near Turkey and Azerbaijan. 
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nMount Ararat used to be a part of the older, larger Armenia, and although it is now in Turkey, it is still visible in Armenia. This mountain is a symbol of their land and is a part of their national emblem!
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nArmenia is landlocked (it has no direct access to any ocean or sea), but it is near both the Black Sea and Caspian Sea. 
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nI grew up eating lavash, a delicious, flat, chewy bread. Lavash is traditionally baked in underground ovens called tonirs. 
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nThe capital city of Armenia, Yerevan, is known as the “pink city.” 
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nnAnniversary of the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope

nnAnniversary of the publishing of America’s first newspaper

nNational Pigs in a Blanket Day

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