George Dilboy, The First Greek-American who Fell in World War I
It was on this day in 1918 that George Dilboy was killed on a battlefield near Belleau, France after fighting so courageously that he...
Archbishop Elpidophoros Visits National Hellenic Museum in Chicago
His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America visited the National Hellenic Museum (NHM) in Chicago on Sunday, July 7.
While being walked through the classroom space...
4th of July: Four Ancient Greek Ideals that Influenced American Independence
Greek Americans have one more reason to be proud on the Fourth of July each year, because they don’t only celebrate America’s Independence Day,...
“Nick the Greek,” The Immortal “Gentleman of Gambling”
On Christmas Eve 1966, “Nick the Greek” took his last breath, leaving behind an almost-mythical life spent as the high-stakes “Gentleman of gambling.”
Imagine America...
Ernest Hemingway and his Connection with Greece and its Culture
Ernest Hemingway's restless spirit of adventure took him many places, where he so often received the inspiration to write his timeless books. He went...
A Little Corner of Ancient Greece in Alabama
Jasmine Hill Gardens in Elmore County, Alabama is far away from Greece but the Gardens will make you feel you are walking among ancient...
Thales of Turkey and Ataturk of Greece, According to MIT Media Lab
A new project by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) appears to be oversimplifying history, enlisting every single Greek philosopher who was born in...
Greek-American Art Exhibition at Holy Cross Church Whitestone, New York
An art exhibition was held Sunday, April 21 at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Church in Whitestone, New York. But it was no ordinary art...
Stunning Exhibition of First-Known Photographs of Athens at Metropolitan Museum
The earliest surviving photographs of Greece, Egypt, Turkey, Lebanon, Syria and Jerusalem, taken in the mid-nineteenth century, will be on display at the Metropolitan...
History of Greece’s Jewish Community Before the Holocaust Presented in D.C.
Over one hundred people of Greek-American and/or Sephardic Jewish descent gathered together earlier in March to celebrate their rich, shared history at the United...
Day of Greek Language and Culture Celebrated at Stathakion Cultural Center
The Greek-American Teachers Federation, the Department of Greek Education of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, and the Hellenic Paideia of America organized a...
Acclaimed Greek-American Historian Speros Vryonis Dies at 90
Speros Vryonis Jr., the famed Greek American historian who was a specialist in Byzantine, Balkan, and Greek history, died on Monday in Sacramento, California...
