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- KOSSUT_080517_08.JPG: "All for the people, all by the people,
nothing about the people without the people.
That is democracy."
Spoken to the Ohio State Legislature on February 6, 1852 by
Lajos (Louis) Kossuth
Champion of Liberty, Fraternity, and Equality:
Governor of Hungary
during the fight for the Hungarian Independence, 1848-49.
- KOSSUT_080517_11.JPG: 1802 1894
-- "All for the people, and all by the people
Nothing about the people without the people.
That is democracy."
Spoken to the Ohio state legislature on February 6, 1852.
This house is dedicated
to the fraternal and cultural endeavors of freedom-
loving Americans of Hungarian ancestry and to the
Living Memory of
Lajos (Louis) Kossuth
Champion of liberty, fraternity, and equality, governor of
Hungary during the fight for Hungarian independence, 1848-49.
- KOSSUT_080517_13.JPG: 1858 1919
"Only he can become a good citizen
who remains true to the heritage
of his native land."
This plaque is dedicated in gratitude
to the memory of
Theodore Roosevelt
The 26th President of the United States, signer of
the Charter of the Hungarian Reformed Federation
of America, passed by Congress, March 2, 1907.
- KOSSUT_080517_17.JPG: In memory
of all the Hungarians
who sacrificed their lives
for freedom.
Hungarian Reformed Federation of America
October 23rd, 2006
1703 1848 1956
- Description of Subject Matter: The Kossuth House is the Home Office of the Hungarian Reformed Federation of America. It is located on the corner of 20th Street and Massachusetts Avenue, just off Dupont Circle in the heart of Washington, D.C.
Where does this continued enthusiasm for and dedication to Kossuth come from among ethnic Hungarians and others? Why did the Federation name its headquarters after Kossuth in 1938?
Lajos Kossuth was the preeminent Hungarian patriot and statesman of the mid-19th century, described by many as the father of Hungarian democracy. A respected jurist, Kossuth was an early student of the American Constitution, the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights, knowledge he put to specific use when Hungary declared its independence from the Austrian Empire, and he was elected as first Governor of Hungary's newly formed republic (and its first constitutional government).
Rejection of the republic by the Hapsburg monarchy led to the 1848 War of Independence, which Hungary subsequently lost when the Russian Empire joined forces with the Austrians to crush the movement of independence in 1849. Forced into exile with tens of thousands of his compatriots, Kossuth found himself an international hero with a particularly fervent following in the United States where his struggles on behalf of democratic ideals and constitutional principles had particular resonance. In 1852 he became the second non-citizen after the Marquis de Lafayette ever invited to address both houses of Congress. His subsequent tour of the country was so well received that a county (in Iowa), towns in five states and numerous streets were named after him, not to mention the placards and statues dedicated in his honor. And it is in this spirit of honor, that the Hungarian Reformed Federation of America in 1938 dedicated its new headquarters in Washington, D.C., to Kossuth.
The above was from the official site at http://www.hrfa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=25&Itemid=90
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