Tag Archives: Troy NY

ARMENIAN GENOCIDE: LONG AGO BUT NOT FORGOTTEN

Posted on May 18, 2021 by Dawn Essegian Lajeunesse

The following article was published by TheCommonerNews.com – an interview with me about President Biden’s recognition of the Armenian Genocide, and a little about my historical fiction in progress–about the community of Armenians refugees who settled in Troy NY, and … Continue reading →

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BIRTH OF AN ARMENIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY

Posted on May 13, 2020 by Dawn Essegian Lajeunesse

Beginning in the late nineteenth century and continuing into the first three decades of the twentieth century, a community of Protestant Armenians left the horrific persecutions of Armenian Christians in Turkey and arrived and thrived in the city of Troy, … Continue reading →

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