The MPO of America is a funny one to really characterise properly or correctly. My personal take on it is that the organisation's leaders and coordinators were made up of Bulgarophiles but the people in general that the MPO was meant to be representing in America only had Macedonia in mind. “Bulgaria” wouldn't even have entered the minds of these people that the MPO leadership, no doubt, considered Bulgarian.
When you look at all the old newsreels from the time (1920's & 1930's) all you see is thousands of proud Macedonians participating in marches and parades and there is nothing to suggest any Bulgarian association. I've spent ages on many occasions trawling through those old newsreels on YouTube and not once did I ever come across a banner, a poster or a placard that had even one mention of the word Bulgaria or Bulgarian...Only Macedonia and Macedonians.
I suppose it wouldn't be out of place to suggest that the MPO was a Trojan horse among the Macedonians in America of that time. Knowing how proud Macedonians were of their heritage as Macedonians, these Bulgarophile agents that made up the MPO committees seized the opportunity to badge their organisation as “Macedonian” while clinging to the notion that the Macedonians are really Bulgarians and entrenched those beliefs within their organisation's constitution. In reality though, the newsreels of the time tell another story that is completely different.
When you look at all the old newsreels from the time (1920's & 1930's) all you see is thousands of proud Macedonians participating in marches and parades and there is nothing to suggest any Bulgarian association. I've spent ages on many occasions trawling through those old newsreels on YouTube and not once did I ever come across a banner, a poster or a placard that had even one mention of the word Bulgaria or Bulgarian...Only Macedonia and Macedonians.
I suppose it wouldn't be out of place to suggest that the MPO was a Trojan horse among the Macedonians in America of that time. Knowing how proud Macedonians were of their heritage as Macedonians, these Bulgarophile agents that made up the MPO committees seized the opportunity to badge their organisation as “Macedonian” while clinging to the notion that the Macedonians are really Bulgarians and entrenched those beliefs within their organisation's constitution. In reality though, the newsreels of the time tell another story that is completely different.
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