M. Harakopoulos: The spirit of the 1940s should still guide us todaytranslated

"The heroes who fought in the mountains of Northern Epirus proved that for victory it is not enough to have an army's superior weapons, but the values ​​for which it fights." The Secretary General of the Parliamentary Group of the New Democracy, MP of Larissa, Mr. Maximos Charakopoulos, emphasized the above in his statement after the end of the student and military parade for the national holiday of NO on October 28, 1940 in the city of Larissa, where he represented the Greek government and the Prime Minister, Mr. Kyriakos Mitsotakis. The Thessalian politician after the Doxology at the cathedral I.N. Aghios Achillios and the laying of wreaths at the monument to the fallen on the hill of the Fortress, he watched the parade that took place in the rain.

In his statement he underlined:

"I want to congratulate first of all our children who were not afraid of the torrential rain and marched honoring the heroes of the Albanian epic. October 28, 1940 is a bright milestone in the history of Hellenism. The heroes who fought in the mountains of Northern Epirus proved that for victory it is not enough to have an army's superior weapons, but the values ​​for which it fights.

The spirit of the 1940s should guide us even today.