AHEPA News
AHEPA OBSERVES OXI DAY; FDR’S WORDS ABOUT GREECE’S HEROIC STAND REMEMBERED
October 28, 2008
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Supreme President Ike Gulas issued the following statement on the 68th anniversary of “OXI Day” when Greece issued a defiant “No” to the evils of fascism, and instead, said “Yes” to freedom on October 28, 1940. The Greeks successfully fought back against the Italian army, pushing the invaders back into Albania after one week. It would prove to be a costly military campaign for the Axis powers.
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AHEPA Expresses Disappointment of Greece's Exclusion from Visa Waiver Program
October 20, 2008
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ike Gulas, the national president of the American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (AHEPA), a leading association for the nation's three million American citizens of Greek heritage, and countless Philhellenes, issued the following statement on Friday's announcement by President George W. Bush that the Visa Waiver Program has expanded to include seven nations, but not Greece:
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