CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—On Sun., July 12, at 3 p.m., the National Park at the home of poet Henry Longfellow will mark the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide with a program of poems from some of the 100 Armenian poets executed at the start of the massacres.
The translations are by Diana Der-Hovanessian, the current president of the New England Poetry Club that co-sponsors the poetry programs at the Longfellow site. They are free and open to the public on the east lawn. In case of rain, the program will take place in either the Carriage House of the chapel next door. The club also sponsors a $1,000 poetry contest honoring poet Daniel Varoujan.
A special treat will be the vocal presentations of some of the poets by two opera stars, Yeghishe Manucharyan and Victoria Avetisyan. English versions of the poems will be read by New England poets.
The National Park is located at 105 Brattle St, Cambridge, Mass.
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