Greek-American Historical Museum of Washington State

Peloponese

Hires to You
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Steve Sourapas
AHEPA Business Owner First Generation Making a Home Peloponese Saint Demetrios Seattle

Steve (Stavros) James Sourapas’ Greek family experience and the operation of the family business were closely intertwined.

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Making Good Parea
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Terry Karis
AHEPA Business Owner Immigrant Keeping Community Peloponese Saint Demetrios Seattle

For Terry (Sotiros) Nikolaos Karis (Kanakaris) making good parea (companionship) has been the key to a successful life in Seattle’s Greek community.

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It Really Did Take a Village
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Manda Bekris
Central Washington Exhibits First Generation Making a Home Peloponese Restaurant Saint Demetrios Seattle

While the town of Manson, Washington, was reminiscent of her parents’ homes in Greece, hers was the only Greek family in the area.

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Don’t Worry, Be Happy
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Zoye Marinopoulou
Assumption Keeping Community Peloponese Seattle

Could smart phones one day serve the same purpose for younger Greeks that the komboloi did for generations past? After all, in today’s world the komboloi is simply used for enjoyment or to help pass the time.

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The Hollywood Style
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Zoye Fidler
Exhibits First Generation Keeping Community Peloponese Seattle

How many ways can the heritage of Greeks in America be preserved and shared? Museums? Books? Oral histories? Photographs?

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Was Her Mother a Gypsy?
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Helen Demson
Central Washington Exhibits Keeping Community Peloponese

It was in the early 1940s when the county sheriff received a call reporting a gypsy begging for money in downtown Yakima, Washington.

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The Big Greek
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George Prekeges
Business Owner First Generation Holy Trinity Making a Living Peloponese Spokane

George Peter Prekeges has earned this title not only through his physical presence, but by his contributions to Spokane’s community.

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Keep the Home Fires Burning
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Andromachi Neckas
Central Greece Exhibits Making a Home Peloponese Seattle

Once while preparing one of her buttery-rich meals, Andromachi Neckas (nee Petropoulou) started an oven fire. The firemen who quickly extinguished the flames were then treated to a sample of her excellent Greek cuisine.

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The Bellingham Beat
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Spedo Southas
AHEPA Everett First Generation Government Making a Living Peloponese

Spiro “Spedo” Southas spent a lot of time as a cop in Bellingham, Washington, but he probably spent as much time visiting fellow Greeks throughout the state.

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