This Year's Theme: The Unknown Philhellene Heroes

There were many Philhellenes that supported Greece's struggle for liberty from abroad. A few, however, left the comfort and safety of their lands and went to Greece to participate in the Revolution. Lord Byron, George Jarvis, come to mind immediately.

Remaining incompletely told is the incredible story of an unexpected hero. An African-American slave, James Williams who escaped Baltimore and through a series of heroic adventures found himself with the Greek fighters in Messolonghi, Lepanto, Athens, and at Navarino.

Greece's Revolution also inspired the American Abolitionist movement. In fact, it served as one of its cradles inside which the determination of the Greeks to become a free people, nurtured and fostered the thoughts and campaigns of America's Abolitionists, including two Greek-American Abolitionists: Photius Fisk and John Celivergos Zachos.

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