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Veteran’s Day: Greek-Americans Who Served Nation With Devotion

Throughout American history, many thousands of Greek-American veterans have served the nation with pride and distinction. They are all honored every Veteran's Day, along with all the others who have devoted years of service in the American military. These are...

Greek-Americans Who Made Suits Fine Enough for a President

The story of Greek-American tailors who worked in Rochester, New York, for Hickey Freeman, then considered among the world’s most prestigious brands for suits. By Evan Bourtis Inside a four-story building of sand-colored bricks in 20th-century Rochester, New York, tailors speaking...

Greek-Americans Launch $11 Million XPRIZE Initiative to Combat Wildfires

Greek-American entrepreneurs have recently joined forces to launch the $11 million XPRIZE worldwide initiative to combat wildfires. XPRIZE Wildfire is a 4-year global competition that will provide funding to teams able to develop and demonstrate fully-autonomous capabilities to detect and...

Greek-Americans: The Forgotten Heroes of the Balkan Wars

Thousands of Greek-Americans returned to their homeland in 1912-1913 to fight in the Balkan Wars. As many as one-third of all the men in the Greek Army during the Balkan Wars were Americanized Greeks who had left everything they...

National Hellenic Society: Bringing Young Greek-Americans Closer to Greece

The National Hellenic Society (NHS), an association of Greek American leaders, visionaries, and philanthropists, is at the forefront of efforts to keep the next generation of Greek Americans engaged with Greece and their heritage. NHS has been organizing the signature...

New Greek-Americans Among Most Highly Educated Immigrants in the US

A sociodemographic and economic background analysis of new Greek Americans, the Greek immigrants who came to the U.S. after 2010.

Greek-Americans Call For Block On Turkey’s Satellite Launch

The launch of Turkey's SpaceX Turksat 5B satellite in the second quarter of 2021 is raising concerns by NGO's in the US. The Hellenic American Leadership Council and the Armenian National Committee of America signed a joint letter to the...

Greek-Americans Discover Ancestors Who Fought In Greek Revolution

A team of researchers recently unearthed the direct lineage of many Greek Americans whose ancestors fought in the Greek Revolution.

Greek-Americans Reenact Historic Ball for Bicentennial of War of Independence

On Saturday, March 13, 2021 the Order of AHEPA presented a recreation of an 1827 Ball which raised funds for the Greek War of Independence.

Trump Reelection Campaign Reaches Out to Greek-Americans on Eve of Vote

"Greek Voices for Trump," a group which has tasked itself with the reelection of President Trump to another term, released a statement to the press recently which lays out the reasons why it believes the sitting president is the...

All the Greek-Americans Running for Office in the 2020 Elections

Five representatives of Greek descent are currently serving in the US Congress, and all of them are up for reelection on Tuesday in the hotly-contested 2020 elections. Democrats John Sarbanes, Charlie Crist, Chris Pappas and Dina Titus are joined by...

During A Weekend Of Racial Unrest, Greek-Americans Recall Their Own Struggles With Racism

As America is once again torn apart by issues of race, Greek-Americans recall the countless discriminations they and their ancestors suffered years ago in the United States. Those were years of great suffering, as newly arriving Greeks found doors shut...

Atlantic Bank of New York Reaches Out To Greek-Americans During Covid-19 Crisis

Atlantic Bank, with over 100 years of service to the Greek-American community, has continued to reach out and assist the community in any that it can during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. “Mostly, our customers are Greek-American and from our community,...

Greeklish: The Linguistic Creativity of Greek-Americans

What in the world is a “hotéli?” you may ask. A native Greek speaker will initially scratch his or her head before they realize that it's an established Greek-Americanism. Deriving from the word hotel, a Greek suffix was then...

Three Greek-Americans Revolutionizing the World of Political Fundraising

A groundbreaking political fundraising platform in the form of a computer app which seeks to reinvent how candidates raise money and how voters engage in electoral politics, was launched recently in the US. The new app, dubbed Prytany, “enables people to...