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  • Grace Nazarian

    My mother-in-law lived in Erzerum and started on the march with her cousins. They were separated near a fork in the road. She was all alone at this time she ran into a village when darkness came. Her name was Shushanig Gulessian, and I found her on the list of orphans from the Gomidas Institute.…

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  • Independence Day Parade in Yerevan, May 28 1919

    Independence Day Parade in Yerevan, May 28 1919. “1919 May 28, Yerevan, Independence Day parade starting from Abovyan street, towards the Armenian Republic’s Parliament building, headed by a woman dressed in black, symbolizing the bloody past of Armenia, and behind her is a woman dressed in white, symbolizing the present day Armenia, the newly-independent Armenia.…

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  • Armenian Legionnaire Lieutenant Hayg Azadian – 1919

    Armenian Legionnaire Lieutenant Hayg Azadian – 1919. Ph. Arara. Armenian Diaspora Memory and Innovation collection. The nucleus of the Armenian Legion or Eastern Legion (1917-1920) was composed of former Musa Dagh resistants. The Eastern Legion was organized by the Armenians following the demand of the French government. An agreement was signed between the Armenian National…

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  • Armenian Legion, volunteers in America before their departure for Cyprus – January 3, 1919

    Armenian Legion, volunteers in America before their departure for Cyprus – January 3, 1919. Ph. Bahag. Armenian Diaspora Memory and Innovation collection. The nucleus of the Armenian Legion or Eastern Legion (1917-1920) was composed of former Musa Dagh resistants. The Eastern Legion was organized by the Armenians following the demand of the French government. An…

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  • Dzovk volunteers – Giligia 1919

    Dzovk volunteers who fought the Ottoman Empire in the Battle of Arara on September 19, 1918. From right to left: (sitting) S. Kinosian, M. Navarian, M. Toutelian, M. Manoyan, N. Matossian, (standing) B. Assadourian, S. Kodjolian, H. Der Nercessian, Kh. Vartabedian, H. Mellian, B. Der Margossian. Photo taken in Giligia (Kilikia or Cilicia) 1919. Armenian…

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  • Armenian and French troops – Adana 1919

    Armenian and French troops – Adana 1919

    Armenian and French troops decorated in Adana in 1919. Armenian Diaspora Memory and Innovation collection.

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  • The Armenian volunteers in the trenches – 1919

    The Armenian volunteers in the trenches – 1919

    The Armenian volunteers in the trenches in 1919. Armenian Diaspora Memory and Innovation collection.

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  • General Bagratouni in 1919

    General Bagratouni in 1919. Armenian Diaspora Memory and Innovation collection.

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  • Catholicos blessing the volunteers – 1919

    Catholicos blessing the volunteers – 1919

    His Holiness Catholicos blessing the volunteers in 1919. Armenian Diaspora Memory and Innovation collection.

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  • Armenian National Congress Delegation

    Armenian National Congress Delegation

    Armenian National Congress Delegation in Paris on February 24-April 22, 1919. Armenian Diaspora Memory and Innovation collection.

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