WILSON HOUSE FEATURED ON ARMENIAN TELEVISION
"Noravank" Foundation
05 May 2010
Wilson House was recently the feature of a report by the Public
Television Company of Armenia. Political analyst and special
correspondent to the U.S. Haykaram Nahapetyan visited the museum where
he interviewed Executive Director Frank J. Aucella and Curator John
Powell about the collection and Wilson’s relations with Armenia. To
see footage from the interview on YouTube (in Armenian) click here.
A particular focus of the segment was the painting entitled
"L’Esperance" by the Armenian-American artist Hovsep Pushman, which
hangs in Wilson House’s Drawing Room. This painting, symbolizing hope
for the future, was presented to President Wilson on November 27,
1917 by an Armenian delegation as "an expression of thanks for the
hope and gratitude his efforts to help suffering Armenia have inspired
in the hearts of all Armenian women" during the Armenian Genocide.
In a similar expression of gratitude this Monday, April 12 Armenian
President Serzh Sargsyan paid a visit to President Wilson’s tomb at
Washington’s National Cathedral where he participated in a wreath
laying ceremony honoring the life and legacy of the 28th president.
Speaking to hundreds of Armenian Americans gathered at the National
Cathedral, Sargsyan praised President Wilson’s 1919 call for a united
effort to ensure that "the Armenian people never suffer again." Ninety
five years later, countries around the world and organizations,
including those in the U.S., continue to carry on Wilson’s legacy,
stated Sargsyan, to prevent genocide and suffering through recognition
of the Armenian Genocide.