The Bethlen Home Messenger, 1991-1992 (1-4. szám)
1992-03-01 / 2. szám
spirit of Kossuth, Szécshényi, Petőfi, and the martyrs of Arad has not been diminished over 144 years of history, but lives ever stronger in the hearts of Hungarians today. Almost 50 years of Soviet communist repression could not extinguish the ancient and powerful flame of freedom in Hungarians, so valiantly kindled by the revolutionaries in that bloody March of 1848. This is the most remarkable lesson of the events of the last few years. Ever so slowly, the courage, determination, and genius of the Hungarian people chipped away at the monolith of communism until it was a mere shell of words no one believes in or practices. What was their guide, their fuel? The spirit of 1848, and within recent memory, the spirit of 1956. His Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales, recently wrote: “I would suggest that if you destroy the past, or consistently deny its relevance to the present, man eventually loses his soul and his roots.” Sándor Petőfi. The foremost poet in Hungarian literature. Killed in action against the Russians in the battle of Segesvár at the age of 26. Vetter Aulich 1 am proud to proclaim that the Hungarian people have not lost their soul nor their roots. Neither could be denied nor repressed. They are once again rediscovering them. The past is relevant to today. 1848 is triumphantly relevant today. We Hungarian-Americans have been the guardians of the Hungarian soul and roots. We have nurtured the flame of 1848. Our commemorations have not been in vain. We pray that the blood of 1848 is vindicated. GENERALS OF THE MAGYAR ARMY IN THE WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE Pál Vasvári. Held to he the most handsome young man in Hungary, he played an important part in the revolution, only to die in a battle of the War of Independence the following year. The thirteen executed Hungarian generals, the “martyrs of Arad." Görgey Count Batthyányi Guyon Klapka
