The Eighth Tribe, 1978 (5. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)

1978-11-01 / 11. szám

STATE OF NEW JERSEY Executive Department

WHEREAS, the (tight (oa the independence o( oua Hátion and oua State uiai gAeatly aided by the chanacteA and militaAy ability o( thii honoAed hussaA, Colonel-Commandant Michael Kovats de Fabnicy o(

Hungaay; and

WHEREAS, thii OfáiceA, one o( EuAope'i moit decoAated soldieAS, came to New JeAiey voluntarily to o((eA his swond and ikilti to the Genenal o( oua Amenican huny, GeoAge Washington; and

WHEREAS, thii gAeat HungaAian leaden, established in New Jensey one o( the most (amous cavalAy units o( the AmeAican RevolutionaAy WaA, and did AecAuit, tnain, clothe and equip this cavalAy at Taenton's Old BaAAacks; and

WHEREAS, thii esteemed Colonel o( the HoAie led this cavalAy into action at the Battles o( OsboAne Island and Egg HaaboA, in this State, and did sacAi(ic his own li(e that the RevolutionaAy cause might e((ectuate the Libenty and Fneedom we cheAish today;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, BRENVAN BVRNE, GovennoA o( the State o(

New JeAsey, do heneby pnoclaim

SEPTEMBER 25 thAough OCTOBER 8, 1978

VAYS OF COMMEMORATION OF THE HEROIC SERVICES OF COLONEL-COMMANDANT MICHAEL KOVATS PE FABRIC/

and uAge all Citizens anc Vatniots to ho no a the memony this HungaAian HuSSoa, who in gAeat tAadition gave his own Li(e that this Nation might be boAne.

GIVEN, undeA my hand and the GAeat Seal o( the State o( New JeAsey, this eighteenth day o( SeptembeA in the yeoA o( Oua Load one thousand nine hundAed and seventy-eight and in the Independence o( the United States, the two hundAed and thiAd.

ARY OF STATE