March 25, 2013

Long live the 25th March 1821

8 comments:

Odds Bodkin said...

Retake Constantinople! Should be a nice project for the future.

Yannos the Greek said...

ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΙΑ Η ΘΑΝΑΤΟΣ

shenandoah said...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_War_of_Independence#Ottoman_rule

Here! Here!

Charles Nydorf said...

Zito i 25 I Martiou!

andrew said...

Also Cesar Chavez day, a state holiday, here in Colorado. IIRC, it was traded for Columbus Day.

master_of_americans said...

Agree with Odds Bodkin. It's hard for me to see March 25 pass without a sense of chagrin at the failure of the Megali Idea.

Art50 said...

After 100 years of denial of the Christian genocides Turkey has the audacity to invite the descendants of the survivors back, presumably so they can finish the job. I can assure Turkey if we Greeks ever returned it would be only to take back Constantinople:

http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/politics/2013/03/turkey-minorities-return-call.html#ixzz2Ox0OARDs

ThunderingZeus said...

We knew thee of old,
Oh, divinely restored,
By the lights of thine eyes
And the light of thy Sword

From the graves of our slain
Shall thy valour prevail
As we greet thee again-
Hail, Liberty! Hail!

Long time didst thou dwell
Mid the peoples that mourn,
Awaiting some voice
That should bid thee return.

Ah, slow broke that day
And no man dared call,
For the shadow of tyranny
Lay over all:

And we saw thee sad-eyed,
The tears on thy cheeks
While thy raiment was dyed
In the blood of the Greeks.

Yet, behold now thy sons
With impetuous breath
Go forth to the fight
Seeking Freedom or Death.

From the graves of our slain
Shall thy valour prevail
As we greet thee again-
Hail, Liberty! Hail!