Today in Labor History April 24, 1915: The Turkish government arrested 250 Armenian intellectuals in Istanbul. This marked the beginning of the Armenian genocide. The Ottomans went on to slaughter over 1.5 million Armenians from 1915-1917, or 90% of the Armenian population. The genocide also destroyed two thousand year’s-worth of Armenian civilization in Asian Minor. The U.S. Congress did not officially recognize the Armenian genocide until 2019. Israel didn’t recognize it until 2025. Today, April 24, is now recognized as Armenian Genocide Memorial Day. In 1997, the Council of Armenian-American Organizations of Northern California (CAAONC), a coalition of over 30 Armenian-American Organizations, purchased the cross on top of Mount Davidson, the highest peak in San Francisco (928 feet). The cross, which is visible throughout the city (at least when the city isn’t socked in with pea soup fog) has been recognized as a memorial to the Armenian Genocide ever since.
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Of all the postcards I inherited from my grandfather, I find the ones depicting locations from the First World War the most fascinating. We are so used to being surrounded by images nowadays that we forget it was not always the case. Those postcards most likely served an important illustrative
Of all the postcards I inherited from my grandfather, I find the ones depicting locations from the First World War the most fascinating. We are so used to being surrounded by images nowadays that we forget it was not always the case. Those postcards most likely served an important illustrative
UK revives WW1 war manual to prepare Brits for conflict with schools and rations plan
Today In Labor History April 9, 1930: The IWW organized the 1700-member crew of the Leviathan, the world’s largest ship. Originally a German passenger ship, the U.S. seized it in 1917, during World War I, when it was docked in New York harbor. The U.S. subsequently used it to transport its troops to Europe. In September, 1918, the Leviathan left New Jersey, filled with men dying from Influenza. Dozens perished from the flu on the passage over.
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'Shells at this place are as common as rain in Lancashire'
The 'victims of war' shot at dawn by their own country
In which you'll see the Place de la Bastille in 1916 and also hear from a mysterious "Merle" who was fighting at the front during that time.
This is the Place de la Bastille in Paris, about 100 years ago. And this is what it looked like 90 years later: The postcard shows the building that stood before the Opera Bastille was constructed. The July Column, on the other hand, hasn’t changed much since its construction
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