PRINTER'S NO. 3207
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
689
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY DELOZIER, ROTHMAN, MACKENZIE, BERNSTINE, BURNS,
DONATUCCI, FREEMAN, HARRIS, HENNESSEY, HILL-EVANS, KIM,
KORTZ, LONGIETTI, MALAGARI, MATZIE, MILLARD, MURT, PYLE,
READSHAW, SAINATO, SCHLOSSBERG, ULLMAN, YOUNGBLOOD, ROEBUCK,
DeLUCA AND NEILSON, JANUARY 30, 2020
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, JANUARY 30, 2020
A RESOLUTION
Designating March 25, 2020, as "Greek Independence Day" in
Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, The ancient Greeks developed democracy, in which the
power to govern was vested in the people; and
WHEREAS, The Founding Fathers of the United States drew upon
the experience and philosophy of ancient Greece in forming its
representative democracy; and
WHEREAS, Many Americans fought alongside the Greeks in their
fight for independence; and
WHEREAS, Greece was allied with the United States in every
major international conflict in the 20th century; and
WHEREAS, Sir Winston Churchill said of the Greeks, "Hence, we
will not say that Greeks fight like heroes, but that heroes
fight like Greeks"; and
WHEREAS, Greece and the United States serve as the forefront
of the worldwide effort to promote freedom, democracy, peace,
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