Fraternity-Testvériség, 2001 (79. évfolyam, 1-4. szám)

2001-04-01 / 2. szám

I HRFA PARTICIPATES IN HUNGARIAN FESTIVAL CELEBRATION IN NEW BRUNSWICK, NEW JERSEY FRATERNITY Page 9 The 26th Annual Hungarian Festival was held on Sat­urday, June 2, 2001 in New Brunswick, New Jersey. This year’s event commemorated the 150th Anniversary of Hun­garian Statesman Louis Kossuth’s visit to America and the 45th Anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. Each year the event is sponsored by the Hungarian Civic Association (HCA), consisting of local churches and organizations. The day’s festivities opened with a parade of par- ticipating organizations down the Festival Mall along Somerset Street with the ringing of neighborhood church bells setting a digni­fied tone. Professor August J. Molnár, President of HCA and President of the Ameri­can Hungarian Foundation, gave the welcome followed by Rev. Stephen Galambos, OFM, Parochial Vicar of St. Ladislaus Church who gave the invocation. The singing of the Magyar Himnusz and Na­tional Anthem was led by László Hajdu-Nemeth followed by a welcome in Hungarian by Rev. Barnabas Roczey, Chairman of the HCA Board of Directors and Pastor of the Magyar Reformed Church. Greetings from the city of New Brunswick were ex­tended by Councilman Joseph Egan and also by The Hon­orable Gabor Földvári, Vice Consul of the Republic of Hun­gary. Rev. Dr. Joseph Bodnar, Pastor of the Bayard Street Presbyterian Church gave the benediction. From noon until 8:00 p.m. the entire Mall was alive with music and dance provided by the Tivadar Papp and Életfa Orchestras, the Csurdonglo Hungarian Folk Dance Ensemble, the HAAC Folk Dance Ensemble, the Ritka Magyar Dance Ensemble of New York, and the Regös En­semble of Garfield, New Jersey, all putting on their Gala Folk Dance Programs at the various venues. The Hungarian Reformed Federation of America dis­play table was situated near to the Magyar Reformed Church where many of the activities of the day took center stage. Most importantly, the food and beverages were served there under colorful canopies. The endless food lines were a testament to the deli­cious pecsenye, kolbász and stuffed cabbage being offered. Gulyas, langos, nut and poppy seed rolls were also in great demand. Our table, bedecked with the HRFA banner, was awash in colorful crafts made by Olga Damay and the ladies of Branch 134 of Duquesne, Pennsylvania. The Bethlen Home 80th Anniversary cookbook was also a hot seller and re­ceived much praise. Many passers-by stopped to remi­nisce about recipes in the book similar to those made by their mothers and grandmothers. The significance of our involvement in the day’s fes­tivities cannot be underesti­mated. Many questions per­taining to the benefits of membership were asked. Others stopped to reflect on their recollections of the Orphan’s Home or the Nurs­ing Home and Cottages at Bethlen Home in Ligonier, Pennsylvania, where mem­bers of their family have stayed. It is a presence that evokes many memories and a perception of our Heritage that we should constantly strive to cultivate. On the day preceding the Festival, Anthony Beke, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the William Penn Association, and Michael Pauli, Jr., Director, HRFA par­ticipated in a wreath-laying ceremony in the Courtyard of the American Hungarian Foundation. Michael Pauli, Jr., Director, HRFA Exhibit at the Museum of the American Hungarian Foundation, New Brunswick, NJ Sept. 30-Nov. 4 “A People Cried Out” - The Revolution and the Fight for Freedom in Hungary. Photographs and commentary, exhibition from the Hungarian Museum of Military History. Presented in conjunction with the Hungarian Alumni Associa­tion at the Museum of the American Hungarian Foundation, 300 Somerset Street, New Brunswick, NJ. Tel: 732-249-7033. V____________________________J Chairman of the Board of Directors of the William Penn Association William Beke and HRFA Director Michael Pauli, Jr. at the wreath­laying ceremony.

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