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The Tribune-Democrat, PA
Sept 9 2012
Armenian crew visits Johnstown for film on Barton
Patrick Buchnowski [email protected]
JOHNSTOWN - The story of the 1889 Johns - town Flood has reached the
nation of Armenia.
A three-member film crew from Armenian Public Television was in
Johnstown on Saturday shooting a documentary on Clara Barton, who
founded the American Red Cross in 1881.
Barton is remembered for championing the relief effort after the
devastating flood.
Then in 1896, Barton traveled overseas to help Armenians who were
being slaughtered by the Ottoman Empire.
`Clara Barton was kind of an angel who helped Armenians,' said Tigran
Danielyan, 21, reporter for the project.
`Johnstown is part of our project,' he said. `We came here to shoot
about the Johns - town Flood and Clara Barton.'
For 11 days, the film crew toured various cities including Washington, D.C.
The group, which included cameraman Hakob Sargsyan, also took a close
look at Johnstown.
They visited `some of the well-known flood-related sites and some
churches as well,' said Shelley Johansson, spokeswoman for the
Johns - town Area Heritage Association.
`We need to find the most important and most interesting information
about the flood and also about Clara Barton,' Danielyan said.
Barton was 67 when she and five Red Cross volunteers arrived in
Johnstown on June 5, 1889, five days after the flood. Under her
direction, the American Red Cross distributed supplies worth $211,000
at the time, which was enough to help 25,000 people.
Until then, the Red Cross had been a battlefield relief organization,
said Richard Burkert, JAHA executive director. Danielyan interviewed
Burkert at the flood museum.
`She (Barton) had responded to a couple smaller disasters before the
1889 flood,' Burkert said. `But it was really here in Johnstown that
she and the American Red Cross made a name.
`Everyone recognized her name because of all the news coverage
following this great disaster,' he said. `Disaster relief services
became one of the key elements of the Red Cross. That was Clara
Barton's innovation.'
http://tribune-democrat.com/local/x72175154/Armenian-crew-visits-Johnstown-for-film-on-Barton
Sept 9 2012
Armenian crew visits Johnstown for film on Barton
Patrick Buchnowski [email protected]
JOHNSTOWN - The story of the 1889 Johns - town Flood has reached the
nation of Armenia.
A three-member film crew from Armenian Public Television was in
Johnstown on Saturday shooting a documentary on Clara Barton, who
founded the American Red Cross in 1881.
Barton is remembered for championing the relief effort after the
devastating flood.
Then in 1896, Barton traveled overseas to help Armenians who were
being slaughtered by the Ottoman Empire.
`Clara Barton was kind of an angel who helped Armenians,' said Tigran
Danielyan, 21, reporter for the project.
`Johnstown is part of our project,' he said. `We came here to shoot
about the Johns - town Flood and Clara Barton.'
For 11 days, the film crew toured various cities including Washington, D.C.
The group, which included cameraman Hakob Sargsyan, also took a close
look at Johnstown.
They visited `some of the well-known flood-related sites and some
churches as well,' said Shelley Johansson, spokeswoman for the
Johns - town Area Heritage Association.
`We need to find the most important and most interesting information
about the flood and also about Clara Barton,' Danielyan said.
Barton was 67 when she and five Red Cross volunteers arrived in
Johnstown on June 5, 1889, five days after the flood. Under her
direction, the American Red Cross distributed supplies worth $211,000
at the time, which was enough to help 25,000 people.
Until then, the Red Cross had been a battlefield relief organization,
said Richard Burkert, JAHA executive director. Danielyan interviewed
Burkert at the flood museum.
`She (Barton) had responded to a couple smaller disasters before the
1889 flood,' Burkert said. `But it was really here in Johnstown that
she and the American Red Cross made a name.
`Everyone recognized her name because of all the news coverage
following this great disaster,' he said. `Disaster relief services
became one of the key elements of the Red Cross. That was Clara
Barton's innovation.'
http://tribune-democrat.com/local/x72175154/Armenian-crew-visits-Johnstown-for-film-on-Barton