Every year on 17 November, Greece commemorates the Athens Polytechnic Uprising of 1973. For the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite (AASR) in Greece, this is not only a national anniversary; it is a profoundly symbolic moment where the values of the Polytechnic and the core ideals of the Rite meet in perfect harmony. The students and citizens who rose up against the military dictatorship defended, in the streets and inside the Polytechnic, the very principles that the AASR tea