Armenian Genocide memorial is put up in Twin Falls (Idaho), Times-News reports. The memorial was erected on Liyah Babayan’s initative, who came to Twin Falls from Armenia with her family at the age of 11.

“She spent much of this year lobbying and raising money for the granite memorial that was placed at Twin Falls City Park on Saturday,” the source says.

“It really means a lot to my parents and my grandparents,” said Babayan. Now expecting a baby, she knows her child will not experience atrocities as an American.

The memorial is a reminder of the massacres of Armenians in Ottoman Empire.

“We have rooted ourselves in this community. I grew up here. We own a business in Twin Falls,” Babayan said, adding that many Armenians who came in Twin Falls as refugees, are presently U.S. citizens.