Features Overview

Evzones 101

Evzones: Find out why they're the coolest, bravest, best-loved representation of everything Greece stands for. A primer on the history of the evzones, from Homer’s well-girt men to the brigands and rebels against the Ottoman Empire. And why do they dress the way they do? The answer may surprise you.

America & the War for Greek Independence

How “Greek Fire,” the passionate obsession with the war, swept through the US, rallying its people to the Greek cause. And how a diplomat’s son and an enslaved Black man became heroes in the Greek War for Independence.

Memorializing Ma

Explaining to my non-Greek friends why we’re having yet ANOTHER memorial for my mother. It's part of my culture, it's comforting. And my mother loved being the center of attention.