Armenian American facts for kids
An Armenian American is a person living in the United States whose family originally came from Armenia. In 2009, over 1.2 million Americans said they had Armenian family roots.
History
The first Armenian known to come to America was called "Martin the Armenian". He arrived in the Jamestown Colony in Virginia in 1618. This was only 11 years after the colony started. Martin was asked to come to Jamestown to help raise silkworms. Silkworms are insects that make silk. Other Armenians also came but later returned to Europe.
Many Armenians started coming to the United States in the late 1800s. Even more arrived after World War I. Over 100,000 Armenian refugees came to escape terrible events in the Ottoman Empire. This event is known as the Armenian Genocide.
Images for kids
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An Armenian family in Boston, 1908
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Built in 1891, the Church of Our Savior in Worcester, Massachusetts was the first Armenian church in the US.
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Armenian American dancers in New York City in July 1976 during the United States Bicentennial
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Distribution of Armenians in Los Angeles County, 2000.
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Glendale, California has the highest concentration of Armenians in the nation and the highest outside of Armenia.
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The Armenian Heritage Park in downtown Boston
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In Glendale, California crosswalk warnings in Spanish, English and Armenian were stenciled at several intersections in 2011.
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Rose and Alex Pilibos Armenian School in Little Armenia neighborhood of East Hollywood is one of the largest Armenian schools in the US with more than 500 students.
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St. Vartan Cathedral in midtown Manhattan
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System of a Down is composed of four Armenian-Americans
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George Deukmejian, the Governor of California from 1983 to 1991
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Sgt. Victor Maghakian, considered one of the most decorated soldiers of World War II, with a Japanese family in 1944
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The Avedis Zildjian Company is the largest cymbal manufacturer in the world.
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See also
In Spanish: Inmigración armenia en Estados Unidos para niños
