To provide that Macedonia was Greek for 3,000 years and continues to be Greek, as well as the ancient Macedonians and the inhabitants of the Northern Province of Greece, Macedonia are their Greek descendants.

               WHEREAS, Philip of Macedonia, his son, Alexander the Great, and histutor, 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.

                  THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that by the Senate of the legislature of Louisiana, that for all of the above reasons, we proclaim that ancient Macedonians are Hellenes and that inhabitants of the northern province of Greece Macedonia, are their Hellenic descendants.

                  BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the history of Ancient Macedonia has been Hellenic for 3,000 years and continues to be today.

                  BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the president of the Pan-Macedonian Association, Inc. and to Mr. Thomas Mantis.

 

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