Mesolóngion Street 25/3/77
Item
File name
sackett_076 See all items with this value
Title
Mesolóngion Street 25/3/77 See all items with this value
Description
This image shows a street in the Greek town Mesolóngion with crowds of people, including adults and children. There are modern white buildings in the background. A man in a suit and on crutches, missing one leg, stands in the center, along with children in school clothes and Greek Orthodox priests in black attire. See all items with this value
Place name
Mesolóngion (inhabited place) See all items with this value
Subject
People
Notes
The image most likely shows a sort of festival or gathering to commemorate Greek Independence Day celebrated on March 25th each year – the date noted on the slide. Greece earned its independence from the Ottoman Empire during the War of Greek Independence in 1821.
Date photographed
March 25, 1977
