Thousands gathered today in Boston's Armenian Heritage Park to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Turkish Ottoman Empire's genocide against the Armenian people.
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Friday, April 24, 2015
Sunday, April 27, 2014
The New England Holocaust Memorial
The New England Holocaust Memorial
is located in Carmen Park, on Boston's Freedom Trail. It is one of the
more interactive Holocaust tributes in the US, and its' design is rich
in symbolism.
Six glass towers rise from the memorial. Six million numbers are etched in the glass, representing the six million Jews who were murdered in the Holocaust.
Each tower represents one of the major Nazi extermination camps: Auschwitz-Birkenau, Belzec, Chelmno, Majdanek, Sobibor, and Treblinka.
Visitors pass through the towers on a black granite path. A steel grate covers a six foot deep chamber at the base of each tower. Smoke rises from charred embers at the bottom of these pits, evoking thoughts of the gas chambers used in the camps.
Thursday, March 27, 2014
Armenian Genocide Museum in limbo
History has not been always kind to the Armenian nation and its
people. Often oblivious to international history, few Americans know of
the massacres that occurred against Armenians in their homeland during
and following World War I.
The Armenian Genocide Museum means to change that. A site is proposed for the museum, to be located just 2 blocks from the White House. However infighting among developers has stalled progress, properties bought for the museum remain empty, and the museum remains an idea on paper.
Here we have a project in the heart of Washington DC with the power to open the minds of visitors from all over the US, all over the world in fact, to the wrongs inflicted on the Armenian people. But a century after the massacres, the very project intended to educate the masses is stalled due to egos, cat fights, and competing visions. Too often, parties lose sight of the larger picture in these skirmishes. Considering the millions of dollars that have already been spent on to plan this project and to acquire properties, it's time to put differences aside. Otherwise the museum is nothing but someone's grand, but unrealized vision.
The Armenian Genocide Museum means to change that. A site is proposed for the museum, to be located just 2 blocks from the White House. However infighting among developers has stalled progress, properties bought for the museum remain empty, and the museum remains an idea on paper.
Here we have a project in the heart of Washington DC with the power to open the minds of visitors from all over the US, all over the world in fact, to the wrongs inflicted on the Armenian people. But a century after the massacres, the very project intended to educate the masses is stalled due to egos, cat fights, and competing visions. Too often, parties lose sight of the larger picture in these skirmishes. Considering the millions of dollars that have already been spent on to plan this project and to acquire properties, it's time to put differences aside. Otherwise the museum is nothing but someone's grand, but unrealized vision.
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