Greeks in New Orleans
Diaspora
The Greek Story in America Is Older Than You Think
Histories often conform to a narrative, which is often simplified or edited for reasons of brevity or emphasis. The typical Greek-American historical narrative will focus on the mass immigration of generally impoverished Greeks to the United States in the...
Diaspora
New Orleans: America’s First Greek Community
The first Orthodox Church in the US was established in New Orleans in 1864, built in 1866, by Greek merchants.