Tag: Armenian Genocide
OPINION By Rachel Melikian Remembering the Past Why should we remember the past, the Armenian Genocide, April 24, 1915? Several elected officials, lawyers, and hostesses raised the question this year and delivered a trite response, although good, during a remembrance…
Melikian, K. S., photographer. (1922) Mount Ararat, Armenia,/ copied by K.S. Melikian Photographer, Melikian Portrait Studio, 421 Main St., Worcester, MA 01608. Turkey Mount Ararat, 1922. [, Printed Later] [Photograph] (Retrieved from the Library of Congress)
OPINION by Rachel Melikian President Calvin Coolidge and the World’s Biggest Hand-Woven Carpet We leave history behind as time passes. Motion pictures move us while books educate us and documentaries inform us, and a picture is worth a thousand words,…
The Ghazir Orphan Rug woven by Armenian orphans as a gift for President Coolidge in 1925 (public domain)
By Rachel Melikian We would like to know what the reason for committing genocide is, whether it’s about the oil or the gold, or it’s about Noah’s Ark that landed on Mount Ararat after the Great Flood in the Armenian…
— OPINION — By Rachel Melikian A landmarked historical map carrying the Great Seal of the United States of America, affixed with the signature of the U.S. President, is 100 years old as of November 22, 2020. It was created…
Official Presidential portrait of Woodrow Wilson, 1913 Frank Graham Cootes / Public domain
By Rachel Melikian The night before the Armenian Genocide commemoration on April 24 there is a candlelight vigil, but this year, 2020, the commemoration of the 105th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide was different. It was virtual, without any marches…
By Rachel Melikian An orphaned unknown teenage girl, the greatest, bravest woman in history, miraculously arrived alone in the United States 101 years ago, after three and a half years of wandering on foot from her hometown in Western Armenia.…
Poster for the 1919 film "Auction of Souls" starring Aurora Mardiganian. (Author Unknown)
By Rachel Melikian What do Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Franz Werfel, Clark Gable, Sarky Mouradian, and Sylvester Stallone have in common? They were fascinated by the Armenian heroism explored in Franz Werfel’s book, “The Forty Days of Musa Dagh.” This literary-historical gem…
A still from the 1980 film "Forty Days of Musa Dagh." YouTube
America, We Thank You By Rachel Melikian On Oct. 29 this year 405 Congress members struck a historic bipartisan vote for the house resolution recognizing the Armenian Genocide of 1915 to 1923. The H. Res, 296 strives to “commemorate the…
Armenian orphans send a message of thanks to America outside the Near East Foundation’s orphanage in Alexandrapol (Source: Near East Foundation)