During the month of April 2013 commemorative billboards honoring the victims of the Armenian Genocide and calling for recognition and condemnation of the genocide will be displayed in Foxboro, Watertown, and Cambridge.

This year the billboards made by Peace of Art, Inc. will be located in Foxboro, Watertown, and Cambridge.

The artist Daniel Varoujan Hejinian, president and founder of Peace of Art Inc., said that “with these billboards we are honoring the memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide, calling upon the international community to recognize the Armenian Genocide, and to condemn the perpetrators.  He added, “98 years have passed but the bloody hand prints of the horrible events of 1915 stained the pages of the world history, when 1.5 million Armenians lost their lives.”

The 2013 billboard depicts the bloody hand prints on the words ‘Armenian Genocide’ over a black background.

Since 1996, Mr. Hejinian has been calling for the recognition of the Armenian Genocide.

To date, the Armenian Genocide has been recognized by over 20 countries and 42 U.S. states. However, in spite of his campaign promise to recognize the Armenian Genocide, in the last four years President Obama has failed to use the term genocide in reference to the slaughter of Armenians, which took place almost to a century ago.  Once again we urge the President on his second term, to honor his first campaign promise.