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Statue of Nurse who Rescued Thousands of Armenian Orphans to be Erected this Weekend
Born in the village of Chegoggin, Nova Scotia, Canada, in 1872, nurse Sara Corning made it her life’s mission to help others. In her mid-twenties, she moved to the United States for training and worked in New England for almost 20 years, before returning to Nova Scotia to help the 10,000 victims of the Halifax Explosion.
In 1918, at the age of 46, Sara was
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Sara Corning was my Grandfathers sister. As a direct decendent I would have loved to have known about this important celebration in advance. Unfortunately I found out only yesterday. You may find it interesting that our family never once mentioned Sara’s good deeds or her connection to the Armenian Genocide. This event was that much of a secret. Thank you for sharing her bravery …. Carol
Sadly that is nothing new: the historic reality of the Armenian Genocide gets suppressed , while everything Holocaust gets louder.
All atrocities and Crimes against Humanity should be
acknowledged and people should be informed.
My grandmother came to the US in 1923 with a ‘letter of recommendation’ signed by Sara Corning as she had worked for the NER for 5 years. A copy of that letter was sent to the Sara Corning Center for Genocide Education a few years ago.