The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-04-11
TO CELEBRATE
GREEK LIBERTY
ORTHODOX GREEKS OF TIE CITY
TO DESERVE ANNIVERSARY
7 Q M o 3 r . W.
Big Street Parade VIII BE Followed
oy Speeches In Front % City
Hall In Afternoon.

II certainly viii be a novel sight TO
the people OF Wheeling tomorrow TO
see five hundred local Greeks. headed
by Meisters band. psrading the
streets OF this city. celebrating the
date of the birth OF liberty 20 the
the Fourth OF July. pay tribute TO
the memory OF our forefathers who
wrested independence from a tyran-
meal monarch. so win this little band
OF American-Greeks honor their an
cestors who. In 1921. threw OF the
yoke OF Ottoman oppression. under
which they had suffered for over four
hundred years.
The Greeks were the FIRST OF the
peoples OF Europe TO make a success
iul effort for Liberty after the re-es-
tablishment OF the Bourbon monar-
chy on the Punishment OF Napoleon
TO ST Helena. The rebellion OF
Moreo. the first OF the Grecian states
10 revolt in 1891. was looked upon By
the monarchs of Eastern Europe with
the greatest OF disfavor. but the exam
pie set by such men as Lord Byron.
the brilliant English poet. who cast
his fortunes with. and later gave his
life for the Greeks out OF pure love
OF Liberty alone. was not to be ig-
nored By those who had seen the
American republic win it's indepen-
dence from the tyranny OF England.
80 In 1923, England and France. on
account OF their hatred for the Turks.
or through the sympathy OF their
own restless subjects for the Grecian
cause. entered into an alliance with
Greece. The allies completely over
threw the Turkish forces at the bat
tie OF Navarina and the independence
OF the first free people Of Europe was
established.
The parade will form at II o'clock
az the Arion hall on Twentieth street.
FROM there to Twenty-fourth street
by way OF Market. and then up Chap
line street and on to the city buIlding.
Many In Line.
Meister's band will be in the lead.
Immediately followed by several
prominent Greeks OF this city and vi
entity in automobiles. Next in line
viii be the members OF the Greek Or
thodoN church. led by Father Garcino
who arrived here from Greece 10 es-
tablish the local church less than two
months ago. The different Hellenic
organizations will make I'D the main
body OF the procession.
From the steps OF the city huilding
several prominent Greeks will deliver
patrlotc addresses. and II is under
stood that an American, representa-
We OF a leading labor organization,
VIII give talk. In connection with
these addresses will be the decorat-
ing OF the Soldiers and Sailors monu-
ment with two enormous wreaths of
flowers. purchased at a considerable
cost.
Just what the Significance OF this
noral display is. cannot be definitely
learned. although IL Is probably in ac-
cordance with tpe usual order OF like
celebrations in Greece. On such oc.
casions the many statues OF Marco
Bozarris, the national hero OF Greece.
are deliberately strewn with flowers.
as are those OF Lord Byron. the mem
DRY or whose name Is as sacred TO
me people OF Greece as that OF Pu-
lash Is to the people Of the United
States.
After the ceremonies the procession
VIII be reformed and return to the
Arion hall. passing up Chapline street
TO Tenth and then down Main. on
arriving at the hall the parade will
dlsband and the remainder OF the day
Will be spent in further celebration.