George Jarvis Commemorated for Role in Greek War of Independence
” width=”1000″>The Battle of Messolonghi, in which the great philhellene George Jarvis participated. By zographos Makryannis. Credit: Panagiotis Zographos /Public Domain
A churchyard in Argos, Mycenae was the site where the life of one of the most notable philhellenes of them all, George Jarvis, was commemorated on July 27.
Along with fellow American James Williams, Jarvis has a memorial stone dedicated there which tells of his exploits in the Greek War of Independence, in which he gave his life for the cause of freedom for the Greek people.
” width=”1080″>He fought so that, as the famed philhellene Lord Byron wrote in his famous poem The Isles of Greece “…Greece might still be free.” Jarvis has the distinction of being the very first American to join Greece’s fight for freedom.