Fraternity-Testvériség, 1979 (57. évfolyam, 1-4. szám)

1979-07-01 / 3. szám

(USPS 208-820)

KOVATS:

HEROIC

EXAMPLE

By Gen. Mark W. Clark President Emeritus of The Citadel

During more than eleven years as president of The Citadel, I was very much aware of the need to direct the thinking of our magnificent cadets toward the patriots who helped form, preserve, and develop America. Among the great individuals on whom we were able to focus was Col. Michael Kovats de Fab- ricy. He typified the dedication of many heroic patriots of foreign origin who contributed mightily to the victory America won during the Revolutionary War.

Colonel Kovats, long before he sacrificed his life in Charleston, had a vision of freedom and what was required to preserve it. He eloquently put that vision into the following words. “Golden freedom cannot be purchased with yellow gold.”

From his native Hungary he conveyed these sentiments to the great Benjamin Franklin in a letter

GENERAL CLARK AT KOVATS MONUMENT

TESTVÉRISÉG

KIADJA: AZ AMERIKAI MAGYAR REFORMÁTUS EGYESÜLET