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The President of the Republic, with moving words both for himself and for the Greek community throughout the world, Katerina Sakellaropoulou He wished “a good citizen” to expatriate Evzonas Andreas Holevas, who completed his term in the Presidential Guard.
Ms Sakellaropoulou praised the 28-year-old’s love for his homeland and the fact that although he was born in the United States, he wanted to be a grandfather like his grandfather, so he applied for and received a Greek passport to enlist in the military .
Post by Ms. Sakellaropoulou:
“Since he was little he listened to the stories of his grandfather at home. Perhaps, as a child, he, like all Greek children in the Greek community, participated in national holidays wearing the “tsolia” uniform, our national costume that directly refers to the 1821 revolution and the struggles for national independence. The truth is that the 28-year-old expat Andreas Holevas developed not only the obvious emotional connection with the place of his origin, but a deep connection with the concept of homeland. In other words, he understood from a very young age that you only acquire a country when you become a citizen and that enlistment is an honor and not just an obligation. Born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, to parents who immigrated to the United States in the late 1960s, cultivating the dream of being as prosperous as his grandfather as a child, he went through all the procedures to become Greek, obtained a Greek passport and in January 2020 presented to the Greek army. He proudly wore the uniform of a nobleman and served, for nine months, in the Presidential Guard, honorably guarding the institution of the Republic. He lived the strict daily life of the well-to-do, walked countless times along the white road, symbol of the path of liberation struggles, from the camp to the Monument to the Unknown Soldier, attended the raising and delivery of the flag to the Rock of the Acropolis, lived all the time. intensity the symbolism that emits the maximum honorific procession of the country. “The desire for a ‘good citizen’, in the person of Andreas Holevas, who is currently serving his mandate, acquires all its meaning.
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