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Patriarch Mar Eshai Shimun visits the Assyrians of New Britain, 1940

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Patriarch Mar Eshai Shimun visits the Assyrians of New Britain, 1940

Place
New Britain · today United States
Date
1940
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Article from the Waterbury Democrat of 16 November 1940 announcing the visit of Mar Eshai Shimun, aged 33, to Americans of Assyrian descent in New Britain, Connecticut, with a testimonial dinner by the Mar Shimun visiting committee. It notes his earlier visits to New York, Chicago, Gary and Flint.

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Source

Library of Congress, Chronicling America (The Waterbury Democrat)

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