Scars He Carried
How to make Armenian Lace
While showing her adolescent daughters, Florence and Rose how to make Armenian needle lace, she remembers. Aghavni thinks of the
Ellen Chesnut
June 26, 2022
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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
Scars He Carried
Benjamin Whitaker and the Armenian Genocide
My father, Sarkis Deli Sarkisian (aka Deli Sarkis) survived the Armenian Genocide of 1915-1923. For almost one hundred years, successive
Ellen Chesnut
August 19, 2014
Scars He Carried
Dick Gephardt and the Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde’s masterpiece is a tale of a once incredibly handsome, upstanding and moral young man who begins a deep
Ellen Chesnut
August 6, 2014
