 3/15/2009 - The American Hungarian Federation of Metropolitan Washington, D.C., joined Hungarian American communities worldwide commemorating the Hungarian Revolution of 1848-1849. Speakers noted the significance of the revolution and how its ideals and goals relate to the political climate in today's Hungary.
 In a related note, President Obama congratulated Hungary on its National Day and anniversary of its 1848 War of Liberation... "Today we honor the courageous Hungarians who set their country on the path to freedom.The legacy of the revolution continues to inspire as Hungarians advocate for freedom's cause," he said. [Read more, download the speeches and President Obama's letter]
 2/6/2009 - The American Hungarian Federation Attends Reception Celebrating The Visa Waiver Program... On February 3, the Embassies of Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Malta and South Korea hosted a reception at the Hart Senate Office Building to celebrate the enlargement of the Visa Waiver Program (“VWP”). The ambassadors of each country, including Hungarian Ambassador Ferenc Somogyi, greeted the guests. [read more]
 11/23/08 - AHF Submits Letter Regarding Intolerance in Slovakia -- On November 21, 2008, the American Hungarian Federation submitted a letter to Slovak Foreign Minister Jan Kubis who was visiting Washington, D.C. The Federation's letter raised concern over the intolerant and discriminatory policies and practices aimed at Slovakia's Hungarian minority. [read more]
 11/10/2008 - Csanádi emléktábla Révai Miklósnak - Október 26-án, vasárnap, avatták fel Nagycsanádon Révai Miklós kegyesrendi pap, egyetemi tanár és költő, a magyar nyelv és irodalom nagy tudósa emléktábláját. Az emléktábla állítás kezdeményezője Velcsov Margit nagyszentmiklósi magyartanár, aki a Washingtoni Amerikai Magyar Szövetség anyagi támogatásával készíttette el a márványtáblát, valamint a Telbisz Mária vezette Révai Miklós Egyesület. [tovább]
 Continuing
News: AHF continues call for support of a 1956 Statue
for the Nation's Capital...AHF's 1956 Commemoration Committee
is seeking your help to erect a statue in Washington, D.C. devoted
to the heroes of the Hungarian Revolution. The AHF plan calls for
an actual-size statue to be placed prominently in Washington while
we raise funds for its bronze replacement. Seen here with his prototype
design is renowned sculptor Gyuri Hollosy, who was responsible for
the Boston Liberty Square memorial. At the recent Capitol Reception
honoring 1848, Congressman Tom Lantos mentioned his intent to place
a 1956 memorial in Washington. We must ensure this remarkable design
is selected! [read
more]
AHF Store
on 
Buy ALL your books, videos, electronics and other gifts on AHF's
Amazon Store. It costs nothing extra to you, but Amazon contributes
a small percentage to AHF. The AHF store features books and articles
written by AHF members on both our main
site and our 1956
Portal for publications devoted to 1956.
The latest member books added:
 Lapossy,
Susanna (Zsuzsanna):
Life
Behind the Iron Curtain. [Read
more] about the book or purchase the book on
 Simon,
Paul M: "The Old lady and the Fawn," the first
bilingual edition of "Öreg néne ozikéje"
(Hungarian)
 Rebecca
McEldowney's "Soul of Flesh: A Novel of the 1956 Hungarian
Revolution" [ read
more]
 Dr.
Katalin Kadar Lynn's "Tibor Eckhardt in His Own Words:
An Autobiography" [ read
more] |
 INVITATION: In Honor of NATO and its Enlargement... The American Hungarian Federation invites you to a Congressional policy reception in the U.S. Senate Caucus Room sponsored by the Central and East European Coalition (CEEC) with presentations by Members of Congress
and
current and past Administration officials
expressing their support in strengthening NATO and
U.S. relations with Central and Eastern Europe. This is the 10th anniversary of Hungary's accession to NATO.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009,
5:00-7:00 pm
United States Senate Caucus Room
(Russell 325)
For information and to RSVP, please contact AHF International Affairs Committee Chair, Frank Koszorus, Jr. at (703) 395-5343 or the Joint Baltic American National Committee (JBANC)
at (301) 340-1954 or jbanc@jbanc.org.
[Read more about AHF and NATO] which includes an expanded report on Hungary's NATO accession.
Looking
Back... AHF History
 The Kossuth Bust in the United States Capitol..."The spirit of our age is Democracy. All for the people and all by the people. Nothing about the people, without the people. That is Democracy, and that is the ruling tendency of the spirit of our age." - Louis Kossuth, spoken before the Ohio State Legislature, February 16, 1852, more than a decade before Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. Kossuth was the leader of the 1848-1849 Hungarian War of Liberation against Austria commemorated on March 15th, Hungarian National Day.
 To celebrate and commemorate the friendship and shared values between the people of the United States and those of Hungarian descent, the American Hungarian Federation commissioned a bronze bust of Lajos Kossuth and offered it to U.S. Congress.
[read more]
AHF
Members Corner!
Featured
Member:
 Maj.
General Robert Ivany, Ph.D. Dr. Iványi and his family left Hungary after WWII and emigrated
to the United States. A distinguished graduate of West Point, Dr.
Ivanyi would go on to serve 34 years and rise to the rank of Major
General. As an Army Cavalry Officer, he would lead troops on Kuwait,
Saudi Arabia, and Vietnam where he was wounded in action and decorated
for valor. He presided over the prestigious US Army War College
and was the first senior military officer invited to Hungary to
contribute to democratization of their defense establishment. He
has served in a number of unique positions from Army Aide to the
President to Asst. Professor and football coach West Point.
A recipient of many awards and expert in leadership development,
Dr. Ivanyi was named President of Houston’s University
of St. Thomas. He is also recipient of AHF's highest award, the Michael Kovats Medal of Freedom awarded during Houston,
Texas commemoration events observing the 50th Anniversary of
the 1956 Hungarian Revolution.[See
More Featured Members]
Featured Article
AHF has begun featuring articles written by distinguished AHF members. AHF encourages all members to submit scholarly essays, books, and other materials which will be featured on our Publications page. 1956 Revolution-related materials are also featured on our 1956 Portal at www.hungary1956.com
 The current selection is by Louis S. Segesvary, Visiting Foreign Affairs Fellow, Georgetown Center for Strategic and International Studies and former American Consul General: Soviet Insecurity: A Lonely Woman Poses a Threat (Historical snapshots of the cold war. Lest we forget how it was: Published column on the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe that took place in Bern, Switzerland in April, May 1986)
[download]
Upcoming Events/Cultural News
To announce a Hungarian cultural event, please contact
the AHF Cultural Affairs Committee,
Zoltan Bagdy, Chair and see all [cultural
news]
 FINAL WEEK! New Brunswick, NJ:
October 5, 2008 - March 22, 2009
Hollósy: 40 Year Sculpture Retrospective With Paintings and Drawings. More than 30 of Hollósy’s sculptures are featured in this exhibition along with vibrant still life paintings and scroll drawings. Read more about Gyuri Hollosy, the artist behind AHF's 1956 National Memorial Statue "The Spirit of 1956" planned for Washington, D.C. [See More Details] on the exhibit at the American Hungarian Foundation. Pittsburgh PA, July 18, 2009:
William Penn Association Annual Scholarship Golf Outing...The Annual Golf Tournament is one of the most eagerly anticipated fraternal events sponsored each year by the Association. The casual atmosphere and friendly competition makes it a highly enjoyable mid-summer gathering. Adding to the fun each year is the putting contest held during the pre-tournament reception, the hole-in-one contest(s) for cash held during tournament play, and the auction raffle held during the golf awards banquet.
The tournament’s biggest winner each year is the William Penn Fraternal Association Scholarship Foundation, Inc. Thousands of dollars are raised during each tournament through the putting contests, hole sponsorships, Chinese Auction and raffle. [More Information] Rockwood, PA, August 2–8 2009: Hungarian Heritage Week - William Penn Association...As part of our commitment to promoting our Hungarian heritage, the Association sponsors a week-long Hungarian Language Camp each summer at Penn Scenic View. Each camp offers language instruction on two levels, beginner and intermediate, and is limited to a total of 25 students.This program continues to be successful because it offers more than just extensive language instruction. Students learn about Hungarian history, geography, culture and society. They also participate in nightly social activities at which they can practice their new language skills in a relaxed, conversational setting.
[More Information] Rockwood, PA - September 12, 2009: William Penn Annual Fraternal Fest...The Annual Picnic is one of the Association's newest, fastest growing Hungarian fraternal events. Hundreds, and even thousands, of our members and guests from across the country gather for a day of Hungarian fellowship at Penn Scenic View in Rockwood, PA.
Each year we prepare a special Hungarian menu but one thing that remains constant is that each year everyone enjoys good Hungarian food, music and dancing. Our first picnic was held on September 13, 2001 and has been an annual event since then. The success of this event has made this a Hungarian gathering that all members, both juvenile and adult, and their guests can enjoy.
[More Information]- Naxos releases magnificent CD of the
Violin Concerto of Miklos Rozsa! Order it now on the AHF Amazon Store!
This Edition's
Famous Hungarian
 Stefan Hatos
(b. Aurora, Illinois, on 8/ 20/1920, d. Toluca Lake, California 1999)
Television producer of "Let's Make a Deal"
Stefan Hatos was a first generation American with Hungarian parents. His father was an iron peddler by trade. Stefan was the second of three sons and a daughter. He began playing piano and oboe at age eight. While attending college on a music (and basketball) scholarship, he played Oboe and English Horn with the Detroit Civic Symphony and also played Tenor & Bass Saxophone in dance bands to work his way through school. He got his start in media when he became staff announcer at a Detroit radio station and later on the NBC radio network.
He was always more interested in writing and production than in performing. While an announcer, he wrote episodes of The Lone Ranger (1940), The Green Hornet, and a psycho-thriller Hermit’s Cave. After serving 37 months as commanding officer of PT 328 during WWII, and surviving being wounded twice, he returned to CBS Radio as a Staff Director and Writer in New York and Chicago. He next joined ad agency Foote, Cone & Belding as staff Producer-Director for radio shows Readers Digest with big name stars and The Wayne King Show (CBS Radio). He directed Lucky Strike Hit Parade for NBC Radio.
 He moved into television in 1949, and created and produced one of the first nighttime game shows on the first inter-connected network of seventeen TV stations on ABC-TV. The name of the show was Fun for the Money. He produced numerous radio and television shows and hit it big with "Let's Make a Deal" with Monty Hall which debuted in 1963 and ran for over 4,600 shows and continues today in syndication! Trivia:
- He was among those photographed for LIFE magazine at the liberation of a Prisoner of War camp at Kuching, Sarawak, Borneo in August, 1945
Read more on the Official Let's Make a Deal Website or read more about him and other great Hungarians on The Hungary Page's
"Nobel Prize Winners and Famous Hungarians" at www.thehungarypage.com
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 Author
Susanna (Zsuzsanna) Lápossy is a Freedom Circle Member of the
American Hungarian Federation. Her book, the first part of
a trilogy entitled "Life behind the iron curtain" contains
lesser-known facts about 20th century Hungary as seen through a middle-class
family.
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more]
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