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Monday, March 18, 2019

Hungarian Freedom Fighter Memorial

In the western area of Beechwood Cemetery south of the chapel building stands the memorial commemorating the Hungarian Freedom Fighters.




The new monument was initiated by: Jósef Polgár and László Farkas and made possible by generous contributions from: the creators of the original monument, the Beechwood Cemetery, World Federation of Hugarian Freedomfighters, Toronto Freedomfighters Association, The Knightly Order of Vitéz, Kanadai/Amerikai Magyarsac Newspaper, Rákoczi Foundation Ltd., Árpádházi St Margit Women Association of Ottawa, Hungarian Catholic Church of Ottawa, Gabriel Renovations Ottawa, Hungarian Society of Victoria, Hungarian Self-Culture of Welland, The Hungarian Choir of Ottawa, Hungarian Cultural Centre of Niagara Falls, Hungarian Calvin Presbyterian Church of Ottawa, Hungarian Cultural Centre of Toronto, World Association of Hungarians, and many individual donors.





HUNGARIAN
FREEDOM
FIGHTERS
MEMORIAL
1848—1956

1956
MAGYAR SZABADSÁGHARC
MÁRTİRJAİNAK
OTTAWA MAGYARSÁGA
ÉS
CANADAİ BARÁTAİK
23 OKT. 1960

1956
AZ ELESETTEK
EMLÉKÉRE

IN MEMORY OF THE
FALLEN
A LA MÉMOIRE DE
CEUX TOMBÉS AU
COMBAT




Ez a kereszt az 1956-OS forradalom és szabadságharc hőseinek állít emléket, 1957, Október 23-án ezen a helyen állították az első emlékművet a világon, amely a szabadságharc vértanúira emlékezett.

This is the replacement cross for the original wooden cross, that was the first memorial in the world to commemorate the first anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution and Freedom Fight on October 23, 1957.

Ceci est un croix de remplacement pour la croix de bois originale, qui a été le premier mémorial au monde pour commémorer le premier anniversaire de la révolution hongroise de 1956, le 23 octobre 1957.