Watertown, MA – During the month of April 2013, Peace of Art, Inc., will be displaying the Armenian Genocide commemorative billboards to honor the victims of the Armenian Genocide, calling for recognition and condemnation of the genocide. Peace of Art, Inc. is a nonprofit educational organization that uses the universal language of art to address […]
Mr. President, Don’t Turn Your Back!
Don’t Turn Your Back! Rosario Teixeira Watertown, MA – During the month of April, 2012, Peace of Art, Inc., will display the commemorative billboards of Armenian Genocide on Mount Auburn and Arsenal Streets in Watertown, MA, with the message “Mr. President, Don’t Turn your Back! Recognize the Armenian Genocide.” This year, Peace of Art will […]
April 24 – Remembrance of Victims
Recognition of Armenian Genocide by World Artists There is a day in year that Armenians remember with pain and sorrow. This is April 24. On that day thousands of people come to Armenia from different corners of world to pay homage to the victims of 1915. The mass massacres and exiles organized by the Ottoman […]
Armenian Traditional Clothing from Van
Survivors of Armenian Genocide dressed on a native costume. Jerusalem, 1922. Source: Joseph E. Malikian, The Armenians in the Ottoman Empire, An Anthology and a Photo History, Antelias, Lebanon, 2011.
The Monument of Musaler
The Memorial of the Battle of Musaler The Armenians have struggled for their freedom and faith for centuries. Tragic and heroic pages in the history of Armenian people have always been closely intertwined with each other. And the same is with the events of 1915. We always remember the Armenian Genocide and the heroic battle of Musaler […]
An Armenian woman in national costume
An Armenian woman in national costume on a hillside near Artvin (in present day Turkey), circa 1910 (Prokudin-Gorskii Collection/LOC): In 1909 and 1912 Russian photographer Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii (1863-1944) undertook a photographic survey of the Russian Empire with the support of Tsar Nicholas II. He used a specialized camera to capture three black and white […]
French Senate passed Armenian Genocide bill
The French Senate passed the bill criminalizing the denial of the Armenian Genocide with 127 votes for and 86 against. The executive body voted for the bill whereas the Law Committee of the Senate voted against. The discussion lasted about 7, 5 hours during which senators made speech speaking for and against the bill. However, […]
Al Jazeera to broadcast a movie on the Armenian Genocide
Grandma’s Tattoos can be seen from Wednesday, January 11, at the following times GMT: Wednesday: 2000; Thursday: 1200; Friday: 0100; Saturday: 0600; Sunday: 2000; Monday: 1200; Tuesday: 0100. During the First World War millions of Armenians were forced out of their homes in the then Ottoman empire, into the deserts of Syria and Iraq. More […]
Destroyed Armenian church will be rebuilt in Ankara
To permit the building of a new military hospital in Ankara, Turkey’s Culture and Tourism Ministry required that the Armenian Vank Church, which was completely destroyed at the turn of the 20th Century, be constructed at the given area. The Ministry noted that the Vank Church, which was built in 1759 and which functioned until […]
95 Anniversary of Musaler Battles
The monument “Musaler”, symbolizing selfdefense battles in Musaler village, is located on the way to Echmiatsin. On September 19 of the current year, we’re going to celebrate the 95th anniversary of the self-defense battles in Musaler. On this occasion we had a talk to the monument gallery manager Anush Malkhasyan and Vardges Martiryan the secretary […]