Ihász István - Pintér János szerk.: Történeti Muzeológiai Szemle: A Magyar Múzeumi Történész Társulat Évkönyve 6. (Budapest, 2006)

II. Módszertan - Műhely - Közlemények - Bene János: Kuruc Vay Ádám hamvainak hazahozatala 1906-ban

Ezen leirat vármegyei tudomásulvételével záródott le a Vay Ádám emlékünnepség Szabolcs vármegyében. Kuruc Vay Ádám életének méltatása, bujdosásának története külön tanulmányt igényel. Jellemzésére, befejezésül csak egy rövid, de talán mindent kifejező sor álljon itt: Nagy magyar volt, igazi kuruc, hithű kálvinista! Returing home the mortal remains of Ádám Vay János Bene Whilst Prince Ferenc Rákóczi II, his mother and his companions in exile were delivered from Turkey to Kassa (Kosice), and Imre Thököly was reburied in Késmárk (Kezmarok), the mortal remains of Ádám Vay originally buried in Danzig (today's Gdansk in Poland) was delivered to the ancestral family vault of the Vays in Vaja, Szabolcs County. The event was reported in detail in the local newpaper, Nyírvidék. The German government's special train delivering the mortal remains of Ádám Vay (1656-1719), the court marshal of the prince, arrived at Nyíregyháza on 19 June 1906. The delivery and reburial of the court captain-general's remains after a nearly two-century-long "exile" was an essential part of the commemoration festivals during the course of which kuruc revolutionaries until the in exile were placed in eternal rest in Hungary. The idea to place the remains in a separate, ornamented sepulchre in the centre of the village was realised only as late as 15 November 1906. Organising the nation-wide funeral service was started weeks before the event. The county general assembly's official reports contain authentic information as to the organisational works and the detailed program of the event. The funeral was attended by the members of the Vay fmily - including Lord Lieutenant Count Gábor Vay - politicians, counti officials, mounted escorts and the public. The detailed accounts in contemporary press and photographs allow us to identify the participators, the exact order of the events as well as the content of each speech. Some relics of the event, including silver wreath ribbons and their cushion, and other ribbons from wreaths, are preserved in the András Jósa Museum, Nyíregyháza.