[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 26 (Thursday, March 10, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: March 10, 1994]
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  GREEK INDEPENDENCE DAY: A NATIONAL DAY OF CELEBRATION OF GREEK AND 
                           AMERICAN DEMOCRACY

  The Senate proceeded to consider the joint resolution (S.J. Res. 162) 
designating March 25, 1994, as ``Greek Independence Day: A National Day 
of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy,'' which had been report 
from the Committee on the Judiciary, was considered, ordered to be 
engrossed for a third reading, read the third time and passed.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The joint resolution with its preamble is as follows:

                             S.J. Res. 162

       Whereas the ancient Greeks developed the concept of 
     democracy, in which the supreme power to govern was vested in 
     the people;
       Whereas the Founding Fathers of the United States drew 
     heavily upon the political experience and philosophy of 
     ancient Greece in forming the representative democracy of the 
     United States;
       Whereas these and other ideals have forged a close bond 
     both between the United States and Greece and between their 
     peoples;
       Whereas March 25, 1994, marks the 173rd anniversary of the 
     beginning of the revolution that freed Greek people from the 
     Ottoman Empire and enabled the reestablishment of democracy 
     in Greece; and
       Whereas it is proper and desirable to celebrate that 
     anniversary with the Greek people and to reaffirm the 
     democratic principles from which the United States and Greece 
     were born: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
     United States of America in Congress assembled, That March 
     25, 1994, is designated as ``Greek Independence Day: A 
     National Day of Celebration of Greek and American 
     Democracy'', and the President is authorized and requested to 
     issue a proclamation calling on the people of the United 
     States to observe the day with appropriate ceremonies and 
     activities.

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