THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE RESOLUTION

No. 285 Session of 2003

        INTRODUCED BY CIVERA, ADOLPH, BALDWIN, BEBKO-JONES, BELFANTI,
           BUNT, CAPPELLI, COSTA, CREIGHTON, CURRY, DeWEESE, J. EVANS,
           FABRIZIO, FICHTER, FORCIER, FRANKEL, GEIST, GEORGE, GERGELY,
           GRUCELA, HARHAI, HARHART, HENNESSEY, HERSHEY, HESS, JOSEPHS,
           KIRKLAND, LAUGHLIN, LEACH, LEDERER, LEH, LEWIS, MAJOR,
           MARKOSEK, McNAUGHTON, PAYNE, PICKETT, PISTELLA, PRESTON,
           READSHAW, RIEGER, ROBERTS, ROHRER, ROSS, RUBLEY, SATHER,
           SCAVELLO, SCHRODER, SHANER, B. SMITH, SOLOBAY, TANGRETTI,
           E. Z. TAYLOR, THOMAS, TIGUE, WALKO, WANSACZ, WATSON,
           WOJNAROSKI, YOUNGBLOOD AND ZUG, MAY 14, 2003

        INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
           MAY 14, 2003

                                  A RESOLUTION

     1  Recognizing the contribution of Greek Macedonia to the world and
     2     the contributions of Americans of Greek Macedonian descent to
     3     the nation and this Commonwealth.

     4     WHEREAS, Phillip of Macedon, Alexander the Great and
     5  Aristotle were born and raised in Macedonia, a northern province
     6  of ancient Greece; and
     7     WHEREAS, The language and culture of the ancient Macedonians,
     8  the ancestors of the inhabitants of modern northern Greece, were
     9  Hellenic; and
    10     WHEREAS, The Macedonians believed in the Olympian deities and
    11  participated in the original Olympic games; and
    12     WHEREAS, The Pan-Macedonian Society of Philadelphia, based in
    13  Upper Darby in Delaware County, has been an integral part of the
    14  Greek-American community throughout the Delaware Valley for over

     1  50 years; and
     2     WHEREAS, The society has worked diligently to integrate
     3  Hellenic and Macedonian ideals into American and Pennsylvania
     4  citizenship; therefore be it
     5     RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize the
     6  contribution of Greek Macedonia to the world and the
     7  contributions of Americans of Greek Macedonian descent to the
     8  nation and this Commonwealth.





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