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2003 SESSION
03-1169
09/01
SENATE
RESOLUTION
1
A RESOLUTION
recognizing that the ancient Macedonians were Hellenes, and that the
inhabitants of Macedonia today are their Hellenic descendants and part of the
northern province of Greece, Macedonia.
SPONSORS:
Sen. Gatsas, Dist 16; Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20
COMMITTEE:
ANALYSIS
This senate
resolution recognizes that the ancient Macedonians were Hellenes, and that the
inhabitants of Macedonia today are their Hellenic descendants and part of the
Northern province of Greece, Macedonia.
03-1169
09/01
STATE OF NEW
HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of
Our Lord Two Thousand Three
A RESOLUTION
recognizing that the ancient Macedonians were Hellenes, and that the
inhabitants of Macedonia today are their Hellenic descendants and part of the
northern province of Greece, Macedonia.
Whereas, Philip
of Macedonia, his son, Alexander the Great, and his tutor, 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; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the
Senate:
That the New
Hampshire senate recognizes that the ancient Macedonians were Hellenes, and that
the inhabitants of Macedonia today are their Hellenic descendants and part of
the northern province of Greece, Macedonia; and
That the
history of ancient Macedonia has been Hellenic for 3,000 years and continues to
be so today; and
That copies of
this resolution be forwarded by the senate clerk to the President of the
United States, the President of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the
United States House of Representatives, and the members of the New Hampshire
congressional delegation.
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