US Ambassador Kimberly Guilfoyle visits the Philhellenism Museum

 

H.E. U.S. Ambassador to Greece, Ms. Kimberly Guilfoyle, visited the Philhellenism Museum, toured its collections focusing in particular on the section dedicated to the American Philhellenism.

The museum colleagues presented the Ambassador important exhibits demonstrating that the Founding Fathers of the United States were deeply influenced by Greek education and studied Greek history and literature in depth. Ambassador Guilfoyle was particularly interested in a document written in Ancient Greek by the second U.S. President, John Adams. The text features an excerpt from Herodotus concerning the history of the Ionian Confederacy. The Society for Hellenism and Philhellenism (SHP) will soon unveil this significant document during a special event at the museum.

Ambassador Guilfoyle was also moved by the true stories of orphans from the Greek War of Independence who were adopted into American families and later became prominent members of U.S. society.

 

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