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Thousands of Greek Americans and philhellenes celebrated National Independence Day in Boston and Chicago by attending the annual parades on Sunday. The parade in Boston commemorating Greece’s march to freedom which began on March 25th, 1821 began at 1 o’clock just...

Thousands lined the streets in Boston and Philadelphia on Sunday to watch the annual Boston Greek Independence Day Parade commemorating Greece’s march to freedom which began on March 25th, 1821. A unit of Evzones, the Greek presidential Guard, who are...

Thousands of Greeks turned out in Boston to participate and attend the annual Greek Independence Day Parade which took place in the Back Bay on Sunday. Marchers gathered on Boylston Street and proceed on Boylston Street at Exeter Street, Charles...

On April 6th, Greeks flooded the streets of Boston to celebrate their heritage and Greece's Independence from the Ottoman Empire. The largest Greek celebration in Boston, the Greek parade, marked it's 20th anniversary with a theme: Philhellenism. Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, Metropolitan Methodios of...

New York City’s parade, the largest Greek parade in the country, attracted more than 100,000 participants and spectators, commemorating the 192th anniversary of Greece’s independence after 400 years of Turkish Ottoman rule on March 25, 1821. The National Greek Parade...

The Greek Independence Day Parade will still be held in Boston on Sunday, April 22 at 1pm, as was already planned. This was confirmed by the President of the Federation of Hellenic-American Societies, Themis Karatzas, after a meeting was held at...

40 Greek associations will march in Boston's Greek Independence Day Parade on April 22. To organize the march, a meeting of 37 Greek expatriates took place yesterday at the Maliotis Cultural Centre. Attending the meeting were representatives of local Greek...

The Greek Community of New England has had its department of lightly-armed Greek soldiers since 1998. According to an announcement of New York’s National Herald, the new Greek-Americans that are members in it give every year, a different color...

The 17th Greek Independence Day parade in Boston will take place on Sunday, the 10th of April at 1:00 p.m. It will be dedicated to the young men that took part in the 1821 Revolution and fought along with...

Thousands have lined the streets of Chicago for the city's annual Greek Independence Day parade. Commemorating the 198th anniversary of the Greek declaration of independence, Sunday's parade on the Halsted Strip included floats and marchers representing churches and organizations from...

While the temperature is dipping lower and Christmas is on its way, the emergence of a festive ambience full of sparkly lights and fancy decorations, cheerful carolers and magnificent attractions is becoming more intense than ever. As long as...

Greece's Ambassador in Washington Vassilis Kaskarelis will visit Boston on the 9th and 10th of April.  He is expected to participate in the 17th parade of New England’s Greeks on Sunday, the 10th. He is also going to be...

The 16th annual Greek Independence Day Parade took over Boston yesterday, as more than 57 groups marched down Boylston Street to the Boston Common for live music, dancing and food. “It’s just one huge party,” said Eleni Vidalis, president of...

A Philadelphia man was killed by a running SEPTA subway train after he was punched and thrown onto the rails during a platform brawl

With the immigrant grandparents of many Greek-Americans passing away every year, the Maine State Archives is looking to assemble all the Greek immigrants' stories it can now -- before it's too late. Decades ago, most immigrants to the Americas likely...