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Ancient Armenia


Adult Enrichment / World Languages and Culture -
Winter/Spring 2026 Bloomington Youth and Adult Enrichment

After first viewing the Biblical Mt. Ararat from its capital city, Yerevan, we’ll explore Areni Cave where archeologists have unearthed a 6000 year old wine press and an array of fermenting vats and storage pots. We’ll follow the trail of prehistoric standing stones, Armenia’s Stonehenge, marching across the mountaintop, visit a pagan temple complex, and a monastery carved into a mountain And we will learn the truth about the holocaust perpetrated by the Ottoman Turks in 1915 in which 1.5 million Armenians lost their lives.

June Gossler Anderson

June Gossler Anderson is an award-winning author of eleven books, spanning a variety of genres from historical fiction and memoir to paranormal and children's books. A featured writer at the Anoka County Library System for her latest novel, The Other Side of Anoka, June is also a teacher who shares her publishing expertise. Her online course, "How to Publish Your Book without Going Broke," guides aspiring authors through the independent publishing process.

June’s writing is influenced by a diverse range of experiences, including her son's foreign service career and her travels with Darkness Radio host Dave Schrader. Her journey as an author began when she joined a group of DAR writers to research biographies for the Medal of Honor Convention in 2016. That work led to the publication of valuable research and frequent speaking engagements at historical centers and veteran's organizations, many of which are now presented online.

June Anderson has had the opportunity to visit many “faraway places with strange sounding names," thanks to her son's career in the Foreign Service. She has visited Uzbekistan twice, once in 2002 and again in 2022.

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  June Gossler Anderson


Online
Tue Feb 10 & Thu Feb 12
7:00 - 8:00 PM

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Ages   18 yr. - 99 yr.

$ 29.00
2 Sessions