In 1913, on February 23, the Ottoman commander, Celio Muliazimi, surrendered the keys to the city of Parga to Lieutenant Angelos Fetsis, Greek commander of the Acheron battalion.
Two days after the liberation of Ioannina, during the Second Balkan War, Parga was returned to the motherland, freed from the suffering caused by the Ottomans and the treachery of British politics.
We honor that great day today; the day of Parga's liberation.
Parga - where myth, history and natural beauty meet to excite all senses.
Parga - which was a bright beacon of hope for the national resurrection of the Greeks enslaved by the Ottomans.
Parga - the birthplace of 1821 revolutionaries, like Konstantinos Kanaris and Ioannis Dimoulitsas Patatoukos.
Parga - the home of benefactors who worked tirelessly during the Turkish occupation and later on, such as Vasilios Vasilas, Athanasios Deskas, Georgios Themelis, Spyridon Livadas and so many others.
Parga - which gave important scholars and intellectuals, such as Thomas Dimoulitsas, Nikolaos Maniakis, Konstantinos Mavroyiannis, Panagiotis Aravantinos and Andreas Idromenos, who was the first teacher of the Greek language in the first public Greek school founded in Corfu in 1803, and many others.
Parga - whose history was praised, during the return of its sacred relics in 1930, by the then Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos, with the phrase "Parga entered into legend and the Greek pantheon, as one of the most brilliant symbols of the Greeks' love of country".
Parga - which the Greek Parliament honored with a trophy, inscribed with the phrase "From the Hellenic Parliament to the sold, now free Parga".
So today is a Day of Remembrance. Let us always keep in mind that the greatness of a culture always depends on how deeply and purely it is remembered. This means, among other things, that we are the most faithful custodians of these experiences and historical events, and creators of the future we will inherit.
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