BILL
NUMBER: ACR 241 CHAPTERED
BILL TEXT
RESOLUTION
CHAPTER 181
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE SEPTEMBER 16, 2002
ADOPTED IN SENATE AUGUST 28, 2002
ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY AUGUST 21, 2002
INTRODUCED
BY Assembly Member Papan
AUGUST 7, 2002
Assembly
Concurrent Resolution No. 241--Relative to Macedonia
LEGISLATIVE
COUNSEL'S DIGEST
ACR 241, Papan. Macedonia.
This measure would recognize 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 Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature 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 be it further Resolved, That
the history of ancient Macedonia has been Hellenic for 3,000 years
and continues to be so today; and be it further Resolved, That
the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of this resolution
to the author for appropriate distribution.
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