Ellen Chesnut
A Safe Trip Home
A picture of a handsome pilot taken from a World War II LIFE MAGAZINE . Sadly, he isn’t the man
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August 27, 2025
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We Armenians Survived
Peyo Yavorov’s “Armenians’’ not to be excluded from Bulgarian school curricula
…Ever louder the Armenians Sing, the storm attains its height… Thus they drink and sing…Survivors of a brave and martyr
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August 27, 2025
Scars He Carried
Never Forget: The Armenian Genocide at Smyrna and Marash
Smyrna 1922 Recollections of Deli Sarkis… This episode happened after he was taken by a Turkish soldier to the Basmakhanien
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June 17, 2024
We Armenians Survived
We Warmed Our Hands
On Wednesday, the 7th day of July 1920 at 10 a.m. in the morning, Puzant Shamlian left Beirut with Karnig Babikian, Ghevont Tchorbajian, and Toros Shamlian, (a cousin) all of Marash.
Ellen Chesnut
January 17, 2020
We Armenians Survived
What’s in a Name
Maryam (Arabic/Hebrew variation for Mary) – The mother of Jesus and the only woman named in the Quran. Hatun abla
Ellen Chesnut
October 25, 2019
We Armenians Survived
Choosing How She Would Die
M A R A S H 1 9 2 0 Dr. Mabel Elliott, a Bostonian, was on the trek following the
Ellen Chesnut
October 16, 2019
Scars He Carried
“Why do you give money and food to these people?’
The question posed by Turkish soldiers was asked of Maria Jacobsen and other Danish missionaries in Harpoot, Eastern Turkey during
Ellen Chesnut
November 12, 2014
Scars He Carried
Amid The Ruins
“I long to see my Cilicia once more and ride the waves of river Arax and gaze at snow-capped Mount
Ellen Chesnut
September 22, 2014
Scars He Carried
“Funny Writing”
It wasn’t that long ago that rug experts acknowledged that the “funny writing” on some oriental rugs was Armenian. However,
Ellen Chesnut
September 2, 2014
Scars He Carried
Little Women: Fannie and Atlas
In America during the years 1894-1896, Fannie a thirteen-year-old girl, living in a rural community, oftentimes participated in church socials,
Ellen Chesnut
August 26, 2014
