Photos: Armenian Genocide Commemoration Vigil

Life on the Corner: Birds of Passage, Part 1

Of the twelve million immigrants who arrived at Ellis Island between 1892 and 1954 four million were Italian and my grandmother, Colomba Cordani, was one of them. She left her small Northern Italian village of Ponte del Olio near Piacenza and arrived in New York on April 27, 1909 aboard the French Line steamship Chicago. Read More…

Harry Belafonte “Inspiring Activism” at Faneuil Hall on Thursday, November 3rd

The Najarian Lecture on Human Rights presents Harry Belafonte at Faneuil Hall. The lecture will be followed by a reception at the Bostonian Hotel. This event is an endowed program of Armenian Heritage Park on the Greenway, free and open to the public. Correction: The title of this post was updated to reflect the correct Read More…

Eliot Elementary School Students Act Out American Revolution History with Freedom Trail Scholars

Photo: Eliot Elementary third and fifth grade students raise their hands eagerly to participate in the Freedom Trail® Scholars Program Boston’s Eliot Elementary School third and fifth grade students eagerly raise their hands to participate in the Freedom Trail® Scholars Program.   During the one-hour program, students participate by playing Boston colonists, British soldiers and other Read More…