The event stimulates in all of us a recollection and recognition of what the world of today owes to the Greece of old. And in our own States each of us understands and appreciates what the energy. enterprise. and integrity of the sons and daughters of Greece and their descendants have contributed to the culture and prosperity of that part of our Nation each of us calls "home." Through its family of 1.125 local chapters in all its branches. the Order of AHEPA is truly at home with us wherever we live. We know AHEPA is a coined wordand means American Hellenic Educational Progressive Associationand we know each letter and the word it stands for is a "coin" of cultureand a coin of couragethe coming of the venturesome immigrant from the land of literature to this land of their loyalty. We know it to be the expression of the Greek contribution to our democracyas. indeed. Greece gave us the term "democracy"-and it reminds us that it is only through the contribution of many races that America in our day has risen to the place of prominence that Greece possessed some 2.500 years ago.
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