{"id":287525,"date":"2026-04-27T02:04:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T02:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/287525\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T02:04:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T02:04:22","slug":"community-gathers-in-fowler-to-commemorate-armenian-genocide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/287525\/","title":{"rendered":"Community gathers in Fowler to commemorate Armenian Genocide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">FOWLER, Calif. (KFSN) &#8212; A Fresno County community came together to commemorate the Armenian Genocide.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The City of Fowler gathered at Donny Wright Park this morning to recognize the history of the Armenian population who settled in the area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">A population that was once identified as 65% Armenian in descent and heritage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;I really hope members of the community walk away with a better understanding of what their fellow neighbors and friends who are Armenian, you know, what happened during the genocide,&#8221; said Stephanie Mejia, the first lady of Fowler.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The inaugural event featured billboards and interactive exhibits educating attendees about the realities of the Armenian Genocide.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Musical performances provided the soundtrack for the event, highlighting Armenian artists&#8217; contributions to the City of Fowler through their art and their talents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Organizers hope the outpouring of interest and support from the community will continue to grow, making this an annual event.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KFSN-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FOWLER, Calif. (KFSN) &#8212; A Fresno County community came together to commemorate the Armenian Genocide. The City of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":287526,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[123148,89599,123147,7539,112,114,113,418,294],"class_list":["post-287525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-123148","tag-armenian-genocide","tag-donny-wright-park","tag-fowler","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news","tag-history","tag-timely"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=287525"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287525\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/287526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=287525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=287525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=287525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}