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Westlake in Los Angeles in Los Angeles County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)
 

Hungarian Freedom Fight of 1956

 
 
Hungarian Freedom Fight Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Craig Baker, October 20, 2018
1. Hungarian Freedom Fight Marker
Inscription. Erected in memory of the heroes of the glorious Hungarian Freedom Fight of 1956. A symbol of man’s yearning for freedom everywhere.
 
Erected 1969 by Hungarian Freedom Fighters Federation.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & PatriotismWar, ColdWars, Non-US.
 
Location. 34° 3.65′ N, 118° 16.685′ W. Marker is in Los Angeles, California, in Los Angeles County. It is in Westlake. Memorial is at the intersection of 6th Street and Park View Street, on the right when traveling east on 6th Street. Located in MacArthur Park facing 6th Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Los Angeles CA 90057, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies. MacArthur Park (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Grier-Musser House (approx. 0.4 miles away); First Congregational Church (approx. half a mile away); Frank C. Hill House (approx. half a mile away); Mooers House (approx. half a mile away); Bullocks Wilshire (approx. 0.6 miles away); Founder’s Church (approx. 0.9 miles away); Welsh Presbyterian Church (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Los Angeles.
 
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Hungarian Freedom Fight Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Craig Baker, October 20, 2018
2. Hungarian Freedom Fight Marker
Marker is at the bottom of the steps.
Freedom Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Craig Baker, October 20, 2018
3. Freedom Monument
Monument Blessed in 1974 image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Craig Baker, October 20, 2018
4. Monument Blessed in 1974
This monument was blessed on June 14, 1974 by his Eminence Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty, Prince Primate of Hungary. He fought all his life, always near to martyrdom, for freedom and justice for all nations of this Earth.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on January 30, 2023. It was originally submitted on October 23, 2018, by Craig Baker of Sylmar, California. This page has been viewed 665 times since then and 77 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on October 23, 2018, by Craig Baker of Sylmar, California. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.

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