Holiday Weekend

It is a holiday weekend, so what better way to celebrate than the Hungarian way? Have a demonstration. Commemorating the 1956 revolution, this is a national holiday in the country. Here is a list of the places the US Embassy suggests we avoid. Hence, stay home, shutter the windows, and wait it out.

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1956 Revolution in 2007

This is a second post for today. You should read down to the first of the day to fully appreciated this one. Yesterday, I received e-mails from students who live outside of Budapest when not in school. They wrote to tell me that they would not return to the city today for fear of dangers from protesters and rioters; therefore, they will not make it to class on Wednesday. We have been advised by more than one person not to go out so no one hears us speak English. Quite accidentally, I came across this Hungarian blogger's post for today and his feelings about today are quite interesting. http://ycrazymind.blogspot.com/2007/10/1956.html

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Today is a Holiday

Today is a national holiday here. It is the Memorial Day remembrance of the 1956 Uprising

This national holiday commemorates the outbreak of the people's uprising against Soviet domination in 1956. The new prime Minister, Imre Nagy withdrew from the Warsaw Pact of “communist” countries. Soviet troops invaded. Hungary appealed for UN assistance against Soviet invasion, but only received verbal help. Holland & Spain withdrew from Olympics, to protest Soviets in Hungary. UN demanded USSR leave Hungary. In November, after lots of bloodshed, the Hungarian revolution was put down by the powerful Red Army of the Soviet Union. Imre Nagy and many other leaders and participants were executed by the soviet regime. Soviet troops stayed in Hungary until 1991. The country also celebrates Hungary's new constitutional status in 1989

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