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The Sponge Divers of Tarpon Springs: A Dodecanese Village on the Gulf Coast
— John Cocoris, from Hydra, Greece
When John Cocoris arrived on the Gulf Coast of Florida in 1905, he brought with him a technology, a workforce, and an entire way o…
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The Invisible Greektown: Baltimore's Lost Greek Neighborhood and Its Lasting Legacy
Baltimore's Greek community never achieved the fame of Chicago's or Astoria's, but for three decades in the early twentieth centur…
The Church as Nation: Greek Orthodoxy and the Immigrant Community
For Greek immigrants in America, the Orthodox church was never simply a place of worship. It was a school, a courthouse, a communi…