| Ararat Massis Armenian Cemetery | |
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| Details | |
| Established | 1885 |
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| Country | United States |
| Website | araratarmeniancemetery |
| Find a Grave | Ararat Massis Armenian Cemetery |
The Ararat Massis Armenian Cemetery, commonly known as the Ararat Cemetery, is an Armenian cemetery in Fresno, California. Established in 1885, the cemetery is the burial place of many prominent figures of Armenian-American history, including Soghomon Tehlirian, Victor Maghakian, and William Saroyan.[1][2][3] The Ararat Massis Cemetery was the only Armenian cemetery built outside Armenia and the Middle East for more than a century.[4][5]
- ^ Hovannisian, Garin K. (2010). Family of shadows a century of murder, memory, and the Armenian American dream. New York: Harper. ISBN 9780062011602.
Kaspar arrived at the Masis section of the Ararat Cemetery of Fresno. He would be among his people, the fossils of Western Armenia. A few yards away, under the statue of an eagle slaying a snake, lay the hero Soghomon Tehlirian
- ^ Radanovich, George P. (September 17, 1996). "Tribute to Victor Maghakian" (PDF). United States Government. Congressional Record Volume 142; Number 128. Retrieved March 14, 2013.
- ^ "Relative to William Saroyan Year". United States Government. Retrieved March 19, 2013.
- ^ Bulbulian, Berge (2000). The Fresno Armenians : history of a diaspora community. Fresno, CA: Press at California State University, Fresno. ISBN 9780912201351.
- ^ Greer, Rebecca F. (1995). Armenian Cemeteries: Ararat and Masis Ararat Cemeteries, Fresno, Fresno County, California. Fresno Genealogical Society. Retrieved March 29, 2013.