Armenian Memorial Planned for Boston

Ground broke today in Boston on a memorial honoring Armenian immigrants to the United States. It will also honor the memory of over 1.5 million Armenians killed by the Ottoman Empire in 1915. The memorial will  sit on the city's Rose Kennedy Greenway. Space for the park was made possible following completion of Boston's "Big Dig", which freed up land once the elevated highway weaving through downtown was buried in tunnels under the city. In attendance today was Karekin II, the head of the Armenian Apostolic Church.