Magyar News, 2006. január-május (17. évfolyam, 1-5. szám)

2006-05-01 / 5. szám

Rev. Poznan said the opening prayer, including, summarizing the historical events of the time.

The program was really on a professional level. The pictures on these pages give the readers an overall view of how the celebration took place. The captions with the photographs tell what the performers talked about, recited, or sang. Different generations took part. It was uplifting to see and hear the young

Celebration at the Calvin Hall

Joseph F. Balogh guest speaker

Gábor Dömötör reciting the poem “Hungarian Language " by Emil Ábrányi.

Klára Zsedő presenting “The invisible Flag" written by Albert Wass

Thousands of miles away from the homeland, Hungarian people gather as a big family. It is not for seeing a celebrity, but to open their heart and pay respect to the ancestors. It is to thank them for showing our people their devotion for freedom and independence, also showing the way to go in the future.

Well it seems like this patriotic celebration is very different in Hungary to the way it is conducted here in America. On March 15 the Prime Minister, formerly the leader of the Communist Youth Organization, had an audience in front of the National Museum saturated by thugs who were tearing the red-white-and-green symbol, the Kokárda, off the peoples’ coats. One of the thugs tearing off the kokarda also hit and bloodied the face of a 13 year old girl. Nice celebration!!!!!!

Here, in Fairfield, CT, we celebrated in the newly renovated hall of the Calvin Church. The backdrop was red-white-andgreen. There was the crest with the holy crown, pictures of Kossuth and Petőfi. The people sang the Kossuth Lajos azt üzente song. After Éva Mikolai, vice president of the Pannónia Club, opened the program, we sang the American Anthem.

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