Original sentence: As part of the efforts to prove the continuity of the new Macedonian nation and the former insurgents, they claimed the IMRO-activists had been consciously Macedonian in identity.In the area, there is another monument called Mečkin Kamen.It was located in the empty house of the Tomalevski family, where the Republic was proclaimed, though the family had long since emigrated to Bulgaria
Edited sentence: As part of the efforts to prove the continuity of the new Macedonian nation and the former insurgents, they claimed the TMRO-activists had been consciously Macedonian in identity.In the area, there is another monument called Mečkin Kamen - which represents the last battle between the Turkish Asker and the Macedonian revolutionaries which according to legends the bravest and last one standing was Pitu Guli.It was located in the empty house of the Tomalevski family, where the Republic was proclaimed, though the family had long since emigrated