Greek-American Historical Museum of Washington State

Type of Work

Two for the Culture
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Peter and Katina Ales
AHEPA daughters Exhibits Government Keeping Community Peloponese Saint Demetrios Seattle

Combine international travel, service with a Greek flair and 50 years of marriage and you have an excellent example of a couple who have made important contributions to the Greek experience in Washington State.

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Putting her Greek to Work
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Marilyn Tsapralis McCabe
Business Owner daughters Keeping Community Peloponese Second Generation Tacoma

There are many ways to use one’s Greek language. Marilyn (Marianthe) Tsapralis McCabe Love uses hers to inspire and teach others.

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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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My Heart is in Three Churches
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Mary Sellinas Hulbush
Exhibits First Generation Holy Trinity Ionian Islands Keeping Community Medicine Spokane

From Spokane to Seattle to Bellingham, Mary Sellinas Hulbush has maintained her faith, her friends and her Greek heritage.

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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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From Rags to Riches
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E. (Efthemios) “Mike” Demopoulos
Athens Business Owner Exhibits First Generation Making a Living Western Washington

He was known as the Junk King of Anacortes when he began collecting discarded items in 1908 but E. (Efthemios) “Mike” Demopoulos became a major landowner and businessman in the town.

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Climb Every Mountain
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Ted Kaltsounis
AHEPA Education Epiros Immigrant Making a Living Northern Greece Saint Demetrios Seattle

At fifteen years of age, Ted (Theodore) Kaltsounis, his parents and five siblings escaped from Albania over the mountains into Greece to avoid communism and execution of his father.

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Drawn to Medicine
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Joy Goodwin
Aegean Islands Assumption Exhibits Making a Living Medicine Puget Sound

What did doctors do before graphic technology was available?

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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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“That Sounds Like Greek to Me”
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Lazarus Politakis
Finance First Generation Making a Living Saint Nicholas Tacoma Turkey

On his first day of school when Lazarus Stylianos Politakis was hit in the head with a baseball bat he cried out for help in his native tongue. Someone said, “That sounds like Greek to me.”

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