In June 1944, in London (England), General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, was making the final decisions about the D-Day Invasion of Normandy, and she was there. In December 1944, in Versailles […]
On December 24, 1924, when the rest of the world was celebrating Christmas Eve, Charles and Mary Terzian, an Armenian couple living in Los Angeles, California, were celebrating the birth of twins—Samuel and Dorothy. Like […]
The story of Peter Ovian begins in 1923 in Whitinsville, a small village in Massachusetts, and ends 20 years later in Dinozé, a small village in northeastern France. It starts with an adorable boy playing […]
The collapse of the Soviet Union gave rise to many territorial problems for former Soviet territories, the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict being one of the vivid ones. Exercising its right to self-determination based on Soviet law, on […]
In this empowerment series article, we meet Jeanne Parseghian, a French politician and member of the European Ecologie Les Verts (France’s Green Party). Parseghian was recently elected as mayor of Strasbourg, France. Born in Suresnes, […]
July 22 is the 60th anniversary of the death of Bodil Biørn, a Norwegian missionary who helped Armenians during three decades in three different countries. There is a commemorative plaque for her at Tsitsernakaberd in […]
The ANCA Eastern Region’s Empowerment series continues with a lesson about the female fedayees who were instrumental in securing the future of the First Republic of Armenia. The term fedayee, derived from the Arabic word […]
Harry Kizirian’s story began 95 years ago, on July 13, 1925, at 134 Chad Brown Street in Providence, Rhode Island. The first cry of this newborn baby was the sweetest sound to his parents’ ears. […]
Continuing the search for authenticity, truth and the origins of the world, I had to stop and study Trebizond. Trebizond comes from the word ‘Trapezous’, which in Greek means table – the table of abundance, […]
Today, all around the world, Paris is known as the “City of Light” or the “City of Love,” but 80 years ago, for many inhabitants, Paris was a city of fear. The lights faded, and […]
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