PENNSYLVANIA, July 21 - PRINTER'S NO. 437

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE RESOLUTION

No.

45

Session of

2021

INTRODUCED BY COLLETT, KEARNEY, PHILLIPS-HILL, HUGHES, MARTIN,

STREET, FONTANA, J. WARD, ARGALL, SANTARSIERO AND STEFANO,

MARCH 15, 2021

REFERRED TO RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS, MARCH 15, 2021

A RESOLUTION

Designating March 25, 2021, 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,

stability and human rights, ideals which have forged a close

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