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COMMEMORATIVE EVENTS DEDICATED TO CLARA BARTON, A GREAT HUMANITARIAN, TO TAKE PLACE AT ARMENIAN GENOCIDE MUSEUM-INSTITUTE
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14:59, May 22, 2012
On May 23, on the initiative of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute
and with the support of the U.S. Embassy in the Republic of Armenia
commemorative events dedicated to Clara Barton, the founder of the
American Red Cross and a great humanitarian will take place at the
Armenian Genocide Museum.
Hayk Demoyan, the Director of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute,
John Heffern, the U.S. Ambassador to Armenia, and Kevin Patti,
American historian representing Clara Barton National Historic Site
will make remarks during the event.
The commemoration event includes the presentation of the English and
Armenian editions of Clara Barton's "American Relief Expedition to Asia
Minor under the Red Cross" report. The translation and publication
of the Armenian edition of the report was made possible through the
support of the U.S. Embassy in Armenia.
The AGMI Scientific Council decided to issue a Clara Barton Golden
Medal under the "Gratitude" nomination to award individuals and
organizations for their humanitarian support and for strengthening
Armenian-American friendship.
The AGMI will also house a temporary exhibition in honor of Clara
Barton. Guests will receive memorial postcards issued on the occasion
of Clara Barton's 190th anniversary.
The event will conclude with ceremonial burial of the soil from
the Clara Barton's grave and placing of the memorial plaque at the
Memorial Wall of Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex.
Clara Barton, Founder and Chairperson of the American Red Cross, was
born in 1821 in Oxford, Massachusetts. Clara Barton became known as
the "Angel of the Battlefield" for her humanitarian activities during
the American Civil War.
Learning about the extensive massacres of Armenians in 1895-1896 in
the Ottoman Empire, in 1896 Clara Barton arrives in Constantinople
and coordinates the relief aid distribution to the survivors of the
massacres and homeless people for about a year.
Thanks to Clara Barton's efforts Armenian survivors of the massacres
were provided with shelter, food, medicine and clothing. Due to many
obstacles created by the Ottoman authorities Clara Barton was forced
to leave the Ottoman Empire and return to the U.S.
At the end of 1896 Clara Barton together with her colleagues published
a report of their humanitarian activities in the Ottoman Empire.
hetq
14:59, May 22, 2012
On May 23, on the initiative of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute
and with the support of the U.S. Embassy in the Republic of Armenia
commemorative events dedicated to Clara Barton, the founder of the
American Red Cross and a great humanitarian will take place at the
Armenian Genocide Museum.
Hayk Demoyan, the Director of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute,
John Heffern, the U.S. Ambassador to Armenia, and Kevin Patti,
American historian representing Clara Barton National Historic Site
will make remarks during the event.
The commemoration event includes the presentation of the English and
Armenian editions of Clara Barton's "American Relief Expedition to Asia
Minor under the Red Cross" report. The translation and publication
of the Armenian edition of the report was made possible through the
support of the U.S. Embassy in Armenia.
The AGMI Scientific Council decided to issue a Clara Barton Golden
Medal under the "Gratitude" nomination to award individuals and
organizations for their humanitarian support and for strengthening
Armenian-American friendship.
The AGMI will also house a temporary exhibition in honor of Clara
Barton. Guests will receive memorial postcards issued on the occasion
of Clara Barton's 190th anniversary.
The event will conclude with ceremonial burial of the soil from
the Clara Barton's grave and placing of the memorial plaque at the
Memorial Wall of Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex.
Clara Barton, Founder and Chairperson of the American Red Cross, was
born in 1821 in Oxford, Massachusetts. Clara Barton became known as
the "Angel of the Battlefield" for her humanitarian activities during
the American Civil War.
Learning about the extensive massacres of Armenians in 1895-1896 in
the Ottoman Empire, in 1896 Clara Barton arrives in Constantinople
and coordinates the relief aid distribution to the survivors of the
massacres and homeless people for about a year.
Thanks to Clara Barton's efforts Armenian survivors of the massacres
were provided with shelter, food, medicine and clothing. Due to many
obstacles created by the Ottoman authorities Clara Barton was forced
to leave the Ottoman Empire and return to the U.S.
At the end of 1896 Clara Barton together with her colleagues published
a report of their humanitarian activities in the Ottoman Empire.