1821 the Greeks rebelled against the ruling in the eastern Mediterranean Ottoman Empire – 25 March is now a memorial of this battle, and today the National Day of the Greeks. Like many immigrant groups in the United States, the Greeks celebrate “their” day with a big parade through the streets of New York, this year on 26 April. In the Hellenic blue and white-held “Greek Independence Day Parade moves on the 5th Aveneue between 60th and 79th Street and annually attracts more than 25,000 participants and around 150,000 viewers Inner Manhattan – and rising. Hellas!
