Armenian Americans
An Armenian-American or American Armenian is an American citizen who is Armenian, whether by culture, ethnicity, or religion. During the 2009 Census in the United States, 1,270,000 Americans indicated either full or partial Armenian ancestry.[1]
History
The first Armenian known to have moved to America is nicknamed "Martin the Armenian". He was one of the settlers in the Jamestown Colony in Virginia.[2] He arrived in Jamestown in 1618, when the colony was only 11 years old. Martin was invited to the colony to raise silk worms.[3] Other Armenians were also brought to the colony but they went back to Europe.
Armenians began to arrive in the United States in high numbers in the late 19th century. However, the influx was intensified when over 100,000 Armenian refugees came after World War I to flee the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire.
Armenian Americans Media
Armenian American veterans from Boston in Washington on 14 April 1920
An Armenian family in Boston, 1908
Mugar family by their cafe in Boston, 1908
Built in 1891, the Church of Our Savior in Worcester, Massachusetts, was the first Armenian church in the US.
Armenian American dancers in New York City in July 1976 during the United States Bicentennial
Distribution of Armenians in Los Angeles County, 2000
Glendale, California has the highest concentration of Armenians in the nation and the highest outside of Armenia.
The Armenian Heritage Park in downtown Boston
In Glendale, California crosswalk warnings in Spanish, English and Armenian were stenciled at several intersections in 2011.
The language spread of Armenian in the United States
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References
- ↑ Bureau, U. S. Census. "American FactFinder - Results". factfinder.census.gov. Archived from the original on 2018-07-14. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
- ↑ "Armodoxy".
- ↑ "ARMENIANS IN AMERICA". Archived from the original on 2013-11-05. Retrieved 2013-11-18.