ANNIVERSARY OF THE HEROIC BATTLE OF BASH-APARAN CELEBRATED IN APARAN

ArmRadio.am
29.05.2006 13:27

May 28 hundreds of people gathered in Aparan to celebrate the
anniversaries of creation of the firs Republic of Armenia and the
heroic battle of Bash-Aparan. Later the celebration continued in the
square of stone-letters.

Hovhannes Tumanyan’s monument has been erected next to the letters
and the Anania Shirakatsi’s monument. It will be officially opened
next week.

When putting up the stone-letters, the initiators promised
that a complex of memorials would be founded all around Aragats
Mountain. Honorary President of “Nig Aparan” patriotic union Aghvan
Hovsepyan assured that monuments of all who created outstanding works
in Armenian will be erected in the square of letters.