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HISTORIC PASADENA ARMENIAN GENOCIDE MEMORIAL TO BE UNVEILED APRIL 18
13:48, 01 Apr 2015
Siranush Ghazanchyan
On the eve of the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, Pasadena
will unveil an inspirational memorial to the first Genocide of the
20th Century, Asbarez reports.
The Pasadena Armenian Genocide Memorial appropriately memorializes the
loss of 1.5 million Armenian men, women and children at the hands of
the Ottoman Turks. The public is invited to join the solemn unveiling
that will include music, poetry and a cultural experience from the
proud and thriving Armenian American Community in Pasadena. The event
will culminate with the official unveiling of the Pasadena Armenian
Genocide Memorial in Pasadena's Memorial Park.
The memorial is the culmination of three years of work of the
Pasadena Armenian Genocide Memorial Committee, a non-profit set up to
raise private funds to build and maintain the Memorial. The Memorial
completes the vision of Catherine Menard, a Pasadena Art Center College
of Design graduate who won the highly competitive responsibility of
designing the Pasadena Memorial. The Memorial features a 16 foot tripod
that forever captures the image of the structures used by the Turks to
hang artists and leaders 100 years ago. It also features the strength
and hope personified by the Armenian people by a tear drop falling
into the eternity symbol prized by Armenians throughout the world.
The Memorial was unanimously approved by the Pasadena City Council
and is currently finishing construction under the supervision of
Sinanian Construction of Tarzana.
"Our ancestors can never be replaced. Beginning on April 18th their
descendants will have a powerful and solemn place to properly remember
them and to celebrate the survival and successes of Armenian American's
in Pasadena and throughout California. I am proud and humbled to be
part of the project," commented Robert Kalunian, Board Co-Chair.
Kalunian and former Pasadena Police Chief Melekian are the Board's
Co-Chairs. In addition, the Pasadena Genocide Memorial Committee
is composed of retired Federal Court Judge Dikran Tevrizian, Levon
Filian, Gary Jerjerian, Avo Kechichian, Sandra Siraganian, Shoghig
Yepremian, Sgt. Greg Afsharian, David George Gevorkyan, and retired
State Assemblymember Anthony Portantino. Filian and Jerjerian are
Co-chairing the April 18 event.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2015/04/01/historic-pasadena-armenian-genocide-memorial-to-be-unveiled-april-18/
From: Baghdasarian
13:48, 01 Apr 2015
Siranush Ghazanchyan
On the eve of the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, Pasadena
will unveil an inspirational memorial to the first Genocide of the
20th Century, Asbarez reports.
The Pasadena Armenian Genocide Memorial appropriately memorializes the
loss of 1.5 million Armenian men, women and children at the hands of
the Ottoman Turks. The public is invited to join the solemn unveiling
that will include music, poetry and a cultural experience from the
proud and thriving Armenian American Community in Pasadena. The event
will culminate with the official unveiling of the Pasadena Armenian
Genocide Memorial in Pasadena's Memorial Park.
The memorial is the culmination of three years of work of the
Pasadena Armenian Genocide Memorial Committee, a non-profit set up to
raise private funds to build and maintain the Memorial. The Memorial
completes the vision of Catherine Menard, a Pasadena Art Center College
of Design graduate who won the highly competitive responsibility of
designing the Pasadena Memorial. The Memorial features a 16 foot tripod
that forever captures the image of the structures used by the Turks to
hang artists and leaders 100 years ago. It also features the strength
and hope personified by the Armenian people by a tear drop falling
into the eternity symbol prized by Armenians throughout the world.
The Memorial was unanimously approved by the Pasadena City Council
and is currently finishing construction under the supervision of
Sinanian Construction of Tarzana.
"Our ancestors can never be replaced. Beginning on April 18th their
descendants will have a powerful and solemn place to properly remember
them and to celebrate the survival and successes of Armenian American's
in Pasadena and throughout California. I am proud and humbled to be
part of the project," commented Robert Kalunian, Board Co-Chair.
Kalunian and former Pasadena Police Chief Melekian are the Board's
Co-Chairs. In addition, the Pasadena Genocide Memorial Committee
is composed of retired Federal Court Judge Dikran Tevrizian, Levon
Filian, Gary Jerjerian, Avo Kechichian, Sandra Siraganian, Shoghig
Yepremian, Sgt. Greg Afsharian, David George Gevorkyan, and retired
State Assemblymember Anthony Portantino. Filian and Jerjerian are
Co-chairing the April 18 event.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2015/04/01/historic-pasadena-armenian-genocide-memorial-to-be-unveiled-april-18/
From: Baghdasarian