Marking Martyrs' Day

Yesterday's New York Times article about Walz's teaching in Nebraska mentioned that April is the month for marking a number of genocides: Armenia, Rwanda, Cambodia, and quite often, the Holocaust (May 1 this year).  Today is Martyrs' Day, a day of remembrance for many Armenians.

Over at SCSU Scholars, conservative blogger King Banaian, whose grandparents fled Armenia, shares a deeply personal memory of the songs his grandmother sang and his own efforts at learning what those songs meant. A bittersweet and worthy post: 93 and remembering .