He continues on east, across a field to the village of Musaler. Atop a hill overlooking the town is a tower like structure which he goes to check out. It's dedicated the to resistance at Musa Dagh, one of the few times when the Armenians were able to successfully resist Turkish extermination. They gathered at Musa Dagh mountain and managed to fight off the Turks for 40 days. Just as they were running out of ammunition, a French ship spotted them and rescued them.
The Traveler pauses here to gaze out across the plains
... with Turkey visible on the other side, and ponder once again on the painful relationship between these two peoples.
Farm Village
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Musalar, Armavir, Armenia
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