Hungarian Heritage Review, 1990 (19. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1990-01-01 / 1. szám
The 04. Qm Michael Kmn'fci de Fnbriezy Rxindation LOUIS KiJSSJTII STRKKT Revolutionary Wir Museum TRENTON, NEW JERSEY - One man’s lifetime-dream of doing something lasting to honor the Hungarian and Polish heroes of the American Revolution, The Civil War, World War I and II, and Congressional Medal of Honor recipients moved closer to realization recently when his concept was publicly dedicated and introduced with a Pontifical Mass celebrated by Bishop John Riess at St. Mary’s Cathedral that was attended by a unit of the Polish Cadets, a color guard contingent from the Junior R.O.T.C. of Trenton Central High School, a ground-breaking ceremony on a site location provided by the City of Trenton, a luncheon, and a banquet held at the Holiday Inn in Princeton. This man’s dream is to build a Revolutionary War Museum and Library on newly named “Louis Kossuth Street” (formerly Bank Street) dedicated to the memory of Colonel Commandant Michael Kovats de Fabricy, Major Count László Polereczky, Brigadier General Count Casimir Pulaski, and General Thaddeus Kosciusko, the two Hungarian and two Polish heroes of the American Revolution. This Hungarian-American is Brigadier General Tibor Udvardy, the President of the non-profit Colonel Commandant Michael Kovats de Fabricy Historical Foundation, who has devoted many years of his life trying to make the general public aware of the heroic exploits and sacrifice of the Hungarian hero of the American Revolution in whose honor and memory his organization is named. He alone, for example, and with very' little, if any, support from the Hungarian community at-large, has erected bronze memorial tablets in the memory of Colonel Commandant Kovats de Fabricy in Providence, Rhode Island; New York City; Trenton, New Jersey; Wilmington, Delaware; Gloucester Point, Virginia; Charleston, South Carolina; and elsewhere. He has also campaigned for the issuance of a commemorative stamp by the U.S. Postal Service and for a Presidential Unit Citation on behalf of the Pulaski Legion, the troop of cavalry trained and commanded by the Hungarian Hussar, who died at the Battle of Charleston. For what Brigadier General Tibor Udvardy has done in the past and is trying to do today, he merits the attention and support of the Hungarian community at-large and as he is getting from the Polish community. For more information about this project, how to join the Colonel Commandant Michael Kovats de Fabricy Historical Foundation, or how to make a tax -deductible contribution, write to : Brigadier General Tabor Udvardy, 16 Richey Place, Trenton, New Jersey 08618 (Tel: 609 - 392-1254). ********** JANUARY 1990 HUNGARIAN HERITAGE REVIEW 9 T T
