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The brave self-sacrifice at Arkadi in the fight with the Ottomans on November 9, 1866

The heroic death of the Cretans opened the way for their union with Greece in 1913

Commemorating Thessaloniki’s Liberation from the Turks (photos)

The city was liberated on the evening of October 26, 1912, the day of the feast of the patron saint of Thessaloniki, Agios Dimitrios

October 13 marks the death of Macedonia’s heroic officer, Pavlos Melas (photos)

The hero whose struggle and death united all Greeks in the fight to liberate Macedonia from the Ottoman yoke

New museum in Lamia will preserve the History of Greek War of Independence

The museum when finished by 2021 will mark the 200 anniversary of the Greek War of Independence in 1821

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