Both pieces are a tribute to my great grandparents….survivors of the Armenian Genocide.
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Learn MoreMy great grandparents, both survivors of the Armenian Genocide. The cross pays tribute to the tattoo placed on my great grandfather, marking him with the sign of being Armenian before he was enslaved and forced to march through the dessert.
If your ink could speak, what would it say?“Armenia is dying, but it will survive. The little blood that is left is precious blood that will give birth to a heroic generation. A nation that does not want to die, does not die”. Anatole France (French author, 1916)
What would you do with the $25,000?Donate to the Armenian Museum of American in memory of the thousands of victims and survivors of the Armenian Genocide.
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