SR22: Resolution Text

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2003 - 2004 LEGISLATURE

2003 Senate RESOLUTION 22

November 19, 2003 - Introduced by Senators Kanavas, Welch, Robson, S. Fitzgerald and Schultz. Referred to Committee on Senate Organization.

SR22,1,3 Relating to: proclaiming that the ancient Macedonians were Hellenes and that the inhabitants of the northern province of Greece, Macedonia, are their Hellenic descendants.

SR22,1,11 Whereas, Philip of Macedonia, his son, Alexander the Great, and his son's tutor, the philosopher Aristotle, were born and raised in the northern province of Greece, Macedonia; and the language and culture of the ancient Macedonians, the ancestors of the inhabitants of northern Greece of today, were Hellenic; and 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 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

SR22,1,15 Resolved by the senate, That the members of the Wisconsin senate proclaim, for all of the above reasons, that the ancient Macedonians were Hellenes and that the inhabitants of the northern province of Greece, Macedonia, are their Hellenic descendants; and, be it further

SR22,2,2 Resolved, That the history of ancient Macedonia has been Hellenic for 3,000 years and continues to be today; and, be it further

SR22,2,4 Resolved, That the senate chief clerk shall transmit a copy of this resolution to Nina Peropoulos, Supreme President, Pan-Macedonian Association, Inc.

SR22,2,5 (End)