U.S. Ambassador to open photo exhibition “Along the Trails of the Armenian Orphans”
U.S. Ambassador to Armenia John A. Heffern is to open on May 24 the photo exhibition "Along the Trails of the Armenian Orphans" at the National Gallery of Armenia.
The exhibition is a joint project of the Naregatsi Art Institute (NAI), the Near East Foundation (NEF), and the U.S. Embassy.
The exhibition illustrates the touching story of Near East Relief - an American-led humanitarian mission that saved hundreds of thousands of Armenian orphans following the 1915 atrocities in the Ottoman Empire.
Ambassador John Heffern, NAI Founder Nareg Hartounian, NEF Chairman Shant Mardirossian, and the Director of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute, Hayk Demoyan, will speak at the exhibition and shed light on this important chapter in U.S.-Armenia relations.
The Embassy, NAI, and NEF will open similar exhibitions at the Naregatsi Art Institute in Yerevan on Sunday, May 26, and the Terchoonian Home Orphanage in Gyumri on Monday, May 27. All three exhibitions will be open free of charge until June 8.
