William Penn Life, 2002 (37. évfolyam, 1-11. szám)
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Magyar Nyelv Continued from Page 14 In the center of the square, a huge obelisk rises topped by an archangel holding aloft the patriarchal cross of the apostles. In its other hand is the Holy Crown. At the foot of the pillar seven proud and fiery horsemen stand in oriental garb. They are the "seven leaders," the chieftains of the seven Magyar tribes which settled here in 895 A.D. The proud, helmeted figure in front of the horsemen is their leader, Arpad, head of this alliance of tribes, and from whom the first dynasty in the Christian Kingdom of Hungary-the House of Arpad-and St. Stephen are descended. There is a semi-circular colonnade behind the statues of the tribe chieftains. Between its columns stand the greatest figures of Hungarian history. Thus, the square is a kind of open-air historical pantheon, faithful to the spirit of the millennial celebrations and to the figures remembered here. Hence its name, Heroes Square. So, it is hardly surprising that the key moments of the 20th Century, as well as many public meetings and demonstrations, have taken place here. The Parliament is, naturally, one of the city's other main attractions. Imre Steindl designed two independent sections to contain the two chambers of the House, joined by a copula almost 100 meters tall. The building is also punctuated with delicate Gothic The Parliament’s main entrance towers, supporting buttresses, deep arcades and massive windows. The architecture reflects medieval influences. Political factors also lay behind the choice of the neo-Gothic style. Hungary's leaders hoped to express the country's political independence along the lines of England's parliamentary democracy, and so it was that the House of Parliament in London served as a model for the home of Hungary's legislature, completed in 1904. Margaret Island is the capital's Central Park. A Roman watchtower once stood at its northern point. In the Middle Ages it was first a hunting Recent Donations ground, and later the site of a convent for Dominican nuns. Among the nuns was King Bela IV's daughter, Margaret, from whom the island takes its name. In the late 18th Century, the island was transformed into a beautiful park replete with rare plants. A neo-Renaissance bathhouse was built in 1869 to take advantage of the medicinal springs on the island. Modem hotels followed later. Today, the island is the capital's most popular park, with busy swimming pools and an open-air stage where many concerts are held. Budapest is a city of writers and poets. A variety of art schools form table societies in the city's restaurants and coffee houses. The downtown district is the most frequented part of the capital. For many, the downtown area means Vörösmarty Square and the famous Gerbeaud confectioners at the northen end of Vaci Ut. It is worth looking up from the hectic hustle of the street to admire the interesting facades, which range from the whimsical curves of Secessionist gables to surfaces lavishly decorated with medieval motifs and ceramic tiles. If you can manage to ignore the cars parked on the pavement, and allow yourself to be carried away by the atmosphere radiating from the stones, the city will tell you more and more fascinating tales. JUNE 2002 Branch - Name - Amount I - Donna M. Farnsworth _ $1.00 I - Andrea R. Onderdonk - $1.00 I - Barbara M. Onderdonk - $1.00 8 - Kim S. Budnik - $20.00 14 - Goldie Simon Szabó - $5.00 14 - Theodore Edelhauser - $10.00 18 - Melissa A. Grevel - $10.00 18 - Jonathan Antal - $5.00 28 - Margaret Baker - $1.83 28 - Jacquelynn N. Becker - $5.00 28 - Richard J. Balogh - $1.00 34 - Catherine Palmer - $10.00 34 - Louis J. Kubus - $50.00 34 - Margaret A. Bugielski - $5.00 34 - Lillian A. Danko - $25.00 51 - Louis J. Andrino - $8.75 59 - Martin C. Madel - $2.00 76 - Kathleen Fiordimondo - $10.00 89 - Don J. Codispoti - $5.87 89 - Dominick N. Ciarolla - $2.13 89 - Irene Simon - $10.00 89 - Annamarie Moeslein - $1.50 129 - Virginia Abahazie - $5.00 129 - Stephanie L. Kóser - $4.71 132 - Robert F. Sherbun - $5.00 150 - Mary A. Crackovich - $5.00 159 - Jennifer A. Bauman - $5.00 159 - Anthony E. Bauman - $5.00 159 - Leona M. Stahl - $5.00 174 - Paul A. Condurso - $5.00 189 - John Sera - $10.00 226 - Robert W. Serena - $5.00 226 - Sandra J. Zsemko - $50.00 249 - Sue A. Dugan - $20.00 296 - Geraldine M. Heade - $10.00 352 - Ellen M. Jones - $2.88 352 - William R. Werling - $1.00 352 - Lauren A. Healy - $10.00 352 - John P. Kelly - $32.00 352 - John W. Bush Jr. - $10.00 590 - Charles Haushofer - $2.00 705 - Mildred I. Welke - $3.00 705 - Leila S. Inhorr - $10.00 720 - John Cunningham - $5.00 720 - Julie A. Bjork - $5.00 723 - Lawrence J. Drayton - $20.00 8019 - Lillian A. Schmidt - $3.00 8026 - Charles D. Docherty - $9.97 8036 - Cathy J. Savage - $10.00 8164 - Thomas S. Fonow - $2.50 8330 - Esther M. Lopolito - $10.00 TOTAL for Month = $462.54 JULY 2002 Joseph Hamari - $100.00 Jack Kelly - $120.00 Joseph M. Smith - $20.00 Jayson Vafias - $6.00 Virginia Volter - $30.00 M/M Gregory E. York - $25.00 WPA Cookbook Sales - $5.00 TOTAL for Month = $306.00 IN MEMORY OF JULY 2002 CELESTE BUGIELSKI Maria Bistey - $5.00 Walter A. Bugielski - $5.00 EDWARD NAGY WILLIAM SZOBONYA Br. 18 Lincoln Park, Ml - $100.00 DENISE DOREN SEELBAUGH M/M Frank J. Radvany - $25.00 William S. Vasvary - $50.00 FRANCIS TRUESDELL Rose P. Antal - $15.00 M/M Thomas House - $25.00 TOTAL for Month = $225.00 20 William Penn tile, August/September 2002
