Dedication
This work is dedicated
to the 180th and the 80th
memorable anniversaries
of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions(1819)
and
of the Near East Relief(1919),
symbolizing the philanthropy and compassion
of the Christian United States of America,
which have given spiritual, educational-cultural,
social-political and tutorial assistance to the Armenian people.
We express our deep gratitude
to the Executive Director of the Armenian Missionary Association of America,
Secretary of the Armenian Evangelical World Council
Reverend Movses B. Janbazian
for taking under his benevolent patronage
the publication of the history of formation and development
of the Armenian Community of the USA
and for giving a new breath to the self-cognition and self-preservation
of that American ethnic group.
K. A.