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29 April 2021 9:35am A museum dedicated to Philhellenism, founded, and operated by the Society for Hellenism and Philhellenism (SHP) has recently opened its doors in Athens. For the moment, due to the pandemic, only online visits are possible through a 3D virtual tour permitting though to a wider public to have access to the treasures of the museum. Through a fascinating collection of art objects, rare books, letters, portraits and personal objects of famous philhellenes, visitors can explore the role of the international philhellenic movement to Greece’s liberation from the ottoman rule co...

Harvard University’s special feature on Greece: “Celebrating a bicentennial of democracy in its birthplace” Search for: “At Harvard and elsewhere, philhellenes celebrate Greek independence,” the article writes. “Two hundred years ago today, Greece declared its independence. From the start, Harvard was there, helping both in the fledgling Mediterranean country and back in the United States.” Harvard University in Massachusetts, USA. Photo by 2U. The Harvard Gazette also emphasised on the global repercussions that followed the Greek Revolution and the immediate impact it had aroun...

Today: Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 73. Light and variable wind becoming southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Tonight: Increasing clouds, with a low around 55. Southeast wind around 5 mph. Highs are expected to drop below normal into the 60s by the middle of the week, with morning clouds and afternoon sun, before rising back into the 70s near the end of the week. Courtesy of HistoryNet: 1862 Birth of Charles Evans Hughes, 11th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. 1893 Birth of Dean G. Acheson, U.S. secretary of state (1949-53) who helped create NATO....

Early Years Baldwin was born on January 11, 1820, in Augusta County, the eldest of three sons and third of six children of Briscoe Gerard Baldwin and Martha Steele Brown Baldwin. He attended local schools and studied at the University of Virginia from 1836 to 1839. In the latter year he returned to Staunton to study law in the office of his father, who was one of the leaders of the bar in the Shenandoah Valley before being elected to the Virginia Court of Appeals early in 1842. Baldwin was admitted to the bar in May 1841, and on September 20, 1842, he married Susan Madison Peyton. They had n...

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