PRINTER'S NO. 792
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
142
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY MACKENZIE, ACOSTA, BAKER, BISHOP, CALTAGIRONE,
COHEN, D. COSTA, DAVIS, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, FARINA,
GIBBONS, GOODMAN, GRELL, HARHART, HEFFLEY, HELM, HENNESSEY,
KILLION, KIM, KINSEY, KIRKLAND, KNOWLES, LONGIETTI, MARSICO,
McNEILL, MILLARD, PICKETT, QUIGLEY, READSHAW, ROSS, ROZZI,
SAMUELSON, SCHLOSSBERG, THOMAS, VEREB, WATSON, WHEELAND AND
DeLUCA, MARCH 3, 2015
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
MARCH 3, 2015
A RESOLUTION
Designating the month of March 2015 as "Greek-American Heritage
Month" in Pennsylvania and recognizing the constructive role
Greek Americans continue to play in the economic and cultural
development of our nation and this Commonwealth.
WHEREAS, The 2010 census identified more than 1.3 million
people of Greek ancestry in the United States; and
WHEREAS, Greek Americans remain proud of their heritage by
passing their traditions and loyalty to the United States on to
new generations of Greek Americans; and
WHEREAS, "Greek Independence Day" is a national holiday that
commemorates the start of the War of Greek Independence in 1821
and is celebrated annually in Greece on March 25; and
WHEREAS, In 1821, the Greek Commander-in-Chief Petros
Mavromichalis, a founder of the modern Greek state, remarked to
citizens of the United States that "it is in your land that
liberty has fixed her abode and . . . in imitating you, we shall
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