New Hampshire
Resolution
SR 1 - AS INTRODUCED
2003 SESSION
03-1169
09/01
SENATE RESOLUTION 1
A RESOLUTION recognizing
that the ancient Macedonians were Hellenes, and that the inhabitants
of Macedonia today are their Hellenic descendants and part of
the northern province of Greece, Macedonia.
SPONSORS: Sen. Gatsas, Dist 16; Sen. D'Allesandro,
Dist 20
COMMITTEE:
ANALYSIS
This senate resolution recognizes that the ancient
Macedonians were Hellenes, and that the inhabitants of Macedonia
today are their Hellenic descendants and part of the Northern
province of Greece, Macedonia.
03-1169
09/01
STATE
OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Three
A RESOLUTION recognizing that the ancient Macedonians
were Hellenes, and that the inhabitants of Macedonia today are
their Hellenic descendants and part of the northern province of
Greece, Macedonia.
Whereas, Philip of Macedonia, his son, Alexander the
Great, and his tutor, the philosopher Aristotle, were born and
raised in the northern province of Greece, Macedonia; and
Whereas, the language and culture of the ancient Macedonians,
the ancestors of the inhabitants of northern Greece today, were
Hellenic; and
Whereas, the Macedonians, like the rest of the Hellenes
in antiquity, believed in the 12 gods of Olympus and participated
with their fellow Hellenes in the Olympic Games; and
Whereas, Pella, the palace where Alexander the Great
was born, and Vergina, the burial site of the Macedonian kings,
are all located in northern Greece; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate:
That the New Hampshire senate recognizes that the
ancient Macedonians were Hellenes, and that the inhabitants of
Macedonia today are their Hellenic descendants and part of the
northern province of Greece, Macedonia; and
That the history of ancient Macedonia has been Hellenic
for 3,000 years and continues to be so today; and
That copies of this resolution be forwarded by the
senate clerk to the President of the United States, the President
of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the United States
House of Representatives, and the members of the New Hampshire
congressional delegation.
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