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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. |
