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GROUND BROKEN ON PASADENA ARMENIAN GENOCIDE MEMORIAL
17:47 * 26.01.15
Pasadena's Armenian Genocide Memorial took a major step on the
road from concept to reality Sunday when officials gathered for a
ground-breaking ceremony at the construction site at Memorial Park.
Designer and recent Art Center College of Design graduate Catherine
Menard, Pasadena Armenian Genocide Committee board members, city
officials, and representatives from area Armenian churches and schools
took part in the ceremony, the Pasadena Star News reports.
"It's been such a journey," Menard said, adding that she was excited
to see her design beginning to take shape. Menard unveiled her design
in April 2013 after it was selected by the memorial committee over
16 other entries. Menard, who was a student at Art Center College of
Design at the time, has since graduated with a degree in Environment
Design.
The completed monument, which will take the form of a 16-foot-tall
tripod surrounded by a 26-foot wide ring of stonework with water drops
dripping into a basin to represent each of the 1.5 million lives cut
short by the Ottoman Turks in the Armenian Genocide of 1915 to 1923,
Menard explained. The droplets, which will be illuminated, will fall
every 21 seconds, so that 1.5 million drops will fall annually.
The tripod represents similarly-shaped structures which Armenian
leaders were hanged from during the Armenian Genocide, Menard said.
Surrounding the tripod and stonework will be 12 pomegranate trees,
representing each of the 12 "lost provinces" of Armenia.
Menard said she was grateful to all the people who have donated their
time and efforts to bring the project this far.
"We have a team that's unified, with so many people giving their
time and so much love," she said. "That's what this project is about:
love, forgiveness, truth."
A dedication ceremony is planned at 3 p.m. April 18, ahead of the
100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide on April 24, Pasadena
Armenian Genocide Committee Board Member Levon Filian said.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2015/01/26/pasadena-genocide-memorial/1570413
17:47 * 26.01.15
Pasadena's Armenian Genocide Memorial took a major step on the
road from concept to reality Sunday when officials gathered for a
ground-breaking ceremony at the construction site at Memorial Park.
Designer and recent Art Center College of Design graduate Catherine
Menard, Pasadena Armenian Genocide Committee board members, city
officials, and representatives from area Armenian churches and schools
took part in the ceremony, the Pasadena Star News reports.
"It's been such a journey," Menard said, adding that she was excited
to see her design beginning to take shape. Menard unveiled her design
in April 2013 after it was selected by the memorial committee over
16 other entries. Menard, who was a student at Art Center College of
Design at the time, has since graduated with a degree in Environment
Design.
The completed monument, which will take the form of a 16-foot-tall
tripod surrounded by a 26-foot wide ring of stonework with water drops
dripping into a basin to represent each of the 1.5 million lives cut
short by the Ottoman Turks in the Armenian Genocide of 1915 to 1923,
Menard explained. The droplets, which will be illuminated, will fall
every 21 seconds, so that 1.5 million drops will fall annually.
The tripod represents similarly-shaped structures which Armenian
leaders were hanged from during the Armenian Genocide, Menard said.
Surrounding the tripod and stonework will be 12 pomegranate trees,
representing each of the 12 "lost provinces" of Armenia.
Menard said she was grateful to all the people who have donated their
time and efforts to bring the project this far.
"We have a team that's unified, with so many people giving their
time and so much love," she said. "That's what this project is about:
love, forgiveness, truth."
A dedication ceremony is planned at 3 p.m. April 18, ahead of the
100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide on April 24, Pasadena
Armenian Genocide Committee Board Member Levon Filian said.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2015/01/26/pasadena-genocide-memorial/1570413