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House Resolution |
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A resolution recognizing the
Hellenic ancestry of today's |
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inhabitants of the Northern Province
of Greece. |
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WHEREAS, Philip II of Macedonia,
his son, Alexander the |
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Great, and Aristotle were born and
raised in what was then a |
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province of Greece known as Macedonia,
and |
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WHEREAS, the language and
culture of the ancient |
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Macedonians had Hellenic roots, as did
the ancestors of the |
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inhabitants of northern Greece today,
and |
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WHEREAS, the Macedonians, along
with the rest of the |
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Hellenes of antiquity, believed in the
12 gods of Olympus and |
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participated with their fellow
Hellenes in the Olympic Games, |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Pella, the birthplace
of Alexander the Great, and |
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Vergina, the burial site of the
Macedonian kings, are located in |
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today's northern Greece, NOW,
THEREFORE, |
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Be It Resolved by the House of
Representatives of the State of |
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Florida: |
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That the House of
Representatives acknowledges the Hellenic |
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ancestry of the ancient Macedonians
and recognizes that the |
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current inhabitants of the Northern
Province of Greece are the |
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descendants of the historic Hellenes. |
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the
House of Representatives |
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recognizes that the history of ancient
Macedonia has been |
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Hellenic for more than 3,000 years and
continues to be so today. |
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a
copy of this resolution be |
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presented to Stelios Sevastos,
Southeastern District Governor of |
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the Pan-Macedonian Association, Inc.,
as a tangible token of the |
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sentiments expressed herein. |
