Hye Sharzhoom Armenian Action
Staff Report
On Friday, February 16, more than fifty 8th grade students and teachers from the AGBU Manoogian-Demirdjian in Los Angeles visited Fresno State. They met with Armenian Studies Prof. Barlow Der Mugrdechian, who explained to students about the Genocide Monument, which sits impressively in the heart of the Fresno State campus. It is the first and only Armenian Genocide monument of its kind on a university campus in the United States.
The Monument contains many symbols and themes designed to educate, inspire, and commemorate the martyrs of the Armenian Genocide. The pillars represent the historic Armenian provinces where the Genocide took place.