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AJR37 State Resolution Wisconsin

2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE

2005 ASSEMBLY JOINT RESOLUTION 37


	May 3, 2005 - Introduced by Representatives Vrakas, Vukmir and Zepnick, cosponsored by Senator Kanavas. Referred to Committee on Rules.



		Pg1Ln1Relating to: proclaiming that the ancient Macedonians were Hellenes and that the Pg1Ln2inhabitants of the northern province of Greece, Macedonia, are their Hellenic Pg1Ln3descendants.


	Pg1Ln4Whereas, Philip of Macedonia, his son, Alexander the Great, and his son's tutor, Pg1Ln5the philosopher Aristotle, were born and raised in the northern province of Greece, Pg1Ln6Macedonia; and


	Pg1Ln7Whereas, the language and culture of the ancient Macedonians, the ancestors Pg1Ln8of the inhabitants of northern Greece of today, were Hellenic; and


	Pg1Ln9Whereas, the Macedonians, like the rest of the Hellenes in antiquity, believed Pg1Ln10in the 12 Gods of Olympus and participated with their fellow Hellenes in the Olympic Pg1Ln11Games; and


	Pg1Ln12Whereas, Pella, the palace where Alexander the Great was born, and Vergina, Pg1Ln13the burial site of the Macedonian kings, are all located in northern Greece; now, Pg1Ln14therefore, be it


	Pg2Ln1Resolved by the assembly, the senate concurring That the members of the Pg2Ln2Wisconsin legislature proclaim, for all of the above reasons, that the ancient Pg2Ln3Macedonians were Hellenes and that the inhabitants of the northern province of Pg2Ln4Greece, Macedonia, are their Hellenic descendants; and, be it further


	Pg2Ln5Resolved, That the history of ancient Macedonia has been Hellenic for 3,000 Pg2Ln6years and continues to be today; and, be it further


	Pg2Ln7Resolved, That the assembly chief clerk shall transmit a copy of this joint Pg2Ln8resolution to Nina Peropoulos, Supreme President, Pan-Macedonian Association, Pg2Ln9Inc.


	Pg2Ln10(End)

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