Η ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΙΑ ΚΑΙ ΤΟ ΤΑΞΙΔΙ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗΣ ΣΗΜΑΙΑΣ

The War of Independence in 1821, the epic Greco-Italian War of 1941, the Polytechnic uprising in 1974: three crucial historical events where Greece played a leading role. A journey through time, that focuses on the defining moments of our recent history. 

Educational aids included.

The well-known writer has given us a work that was missing from children’s bookshops: a book about the Greek flag and the historical events that accompanied not only its first appearance but the country’s more recent history. This book tells us about our historical identity, so that if we have a firm belief in that, as well as respect for our fellow-men who come from different historical and cultural backgrounds, we can respond to the challenge of the times we live in.

From the book:

‘Ooh, I’m stiff, after so long stuck beween the cupboards.’ It was an old flag! The flagstaff was decayed and full of cracks, and the cloth was stained. Eleftheria [Liberty] stared at the flag in amazement, whispering:

‘Heaven help us! I must be going crazy…even flags talk to me…’

‘Everything around us talks, little one’, said the old flag with a nod.

‘So, what can a flag know?’

‘A lot of things, little girl. You see, all the Greeks are in me. I am the dreams of little children, the hopes of young people, the ideals and aspirations of our ancestors. The holy faith of Christ, and the freedom of our country too. Look, take hold of the flagstaff and come on a journey with me, and you’ll understand…’