INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
MAY 14, 2003
A RESOLUTION
1 Recognizing the contribution of Greek Macedonia to the world and
2 the contributions of Americans of Greek Macedonian descent to
3 the nation and this Commonwealth.
4 WHEREAS, Phillip of Macedon, Alexander the Great and
5 Aristotle were born and raised in Macedonia, a northern province
6 of ancient Greece; and
7 WHEREAS, The language and culture of the ancient Macedonians,
8 the ancestors of the inhabitants of modern northern Greece, were
9 Hellenic; and
10 WHEREAS, The Macedonians believed in the Olympian deities and
11 participated in the original Olympic games; and
12 WHEREAS, The Pan-Macedonian Society of Philadelphia, based in
13 Upper Darby in Delaware County, has been an integral part of the
14 Greek-American community throughout the Delaware Valley for over
1 50 years; and
2 WHEREAS, The society has worked diligently to integrate
3 Hellenic and Macedonian ideals into American and Pennsylvania
4 citizenship; therefore be it
5 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize the
6 contribution of Greek Macedonia to the world and the
7 contributions of Americans of Greek Macedonian descent to the
8 nation and this Commonwealth.
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