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Founded on 12 December 1868, the Presidential Guard (Evzones) has a history that stretches over more than a century, both as a combatant and ceremonial force.
The National Anthem of Greece consists of the first two verses of the poem “Hymn to Freedom”, written in May 1823 in Zakynthos by the poet Dionysios Solomos