“I told the people in

Turnovo, when I was there

with Mr.Schuyler last year,

that when I come back I would

bring a Russian army with me

to liberate them,

and I have done it.”

Januarius Aloysius MacGahan (1844–1878)

The MacGahan Festival

June 11-12, 2010

New Lexington, Ohio

Under the patronage of

the MacGahan American-Bulgarian Foundation,

Bulgarian-Jewish Heritage Alliance of America

and Bulgarian-Russian Club “Shipka”

“Ìèíàëàòà ãîäèíà ðåêîõ íà

õîðàòà â ãðàä Òúðíîâî,

êîãàòî áÿõ òàì ñ ã-í Ñêàéëåð,

÷å êîãàòî ñå âúðíà ùå äîâåäà

ðóñêè âîéñêè ñ ìåíå

äà ãè îñâîáîäÿò

è òîâà ãîñòîðèõ.“