Phoenix, Arizona

AGCHP Origin

The Arizona Greek Cultural History Project originated from a presentation that was given in Phoenix in 1998 by representatives of the Ascension Historical Committee of Oakland, California, and the Hellenic Cultural Assocation of Salt Lake City, Utah. They came to meet with a select group of interested individuals here, and they came according to their motto, Have Portfolio, Will Travel, which now has become a motto for our umbrella organization for the Preservation of American Hellenic History.

After the presentation, we spent the day and evening discussing:

• the importance of historic preservation
• systematic approaches to researching
• ways and means of organizing an historic society, a museum, and even a video
• ways and means of collecting photograph and printed materials.

We also discussed the goals of the outreach program, or the Have Portfolio, Will Travel Alliance, as we referred to it at the time.

Soon afterwards, in February 1999, we ourselves, the Arizona Greek Cultural History Project, hosted the Arizona Greek Cultural History Symposium in Phoenix, co-sponsored with the Ascension Historical Committee and the Hellenic Cultural Association as well as the Patriarch Athenagoras Orthodox Institute.

Contact

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Arizona Greek Cultural Heritage Project
Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral
1973 East Maryland Avenue
Phoenix, Arizona 85016

(602) 264-7863