More than 100 events honoring the 200th anniversary of the Greek Revolution have been held in Greece and abroad, “Greece 2021” committee president Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki said on Friday, ANA reports.
In an interview with national broadcaster ERT, Angelopoulos said that there was a large attendance to the events by the Greek diaspora.
The committee meets with municipalities in Greece to encourage them to assume the planning of events. A large number of proposals have also come in from the diaspora, she said: “The committee has received 319 proposals for actions and events from Greeks abroad and from official Greek authorities in 47 countries.” They include educational activities, documentary production, and even the search for and registration of descendants of fighters of the 1821 Revolution who are living abroad, she added.
She also spoke of the 14 commemorative collector’s coins issued by the committee, which include images of the first two coins to be minted by the newly founded Greek state (the phoenix and the drachma). The coins, available through the committee’s site (www.greece2021.gr) and banks, became available on February 18 and have been sold as far as Mexico and Chile.
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