Dupont Circle in Northwest Washington in Washington, District of Columbia — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Lajos (Louis) Kossuth

1802 - 1894

Photographed By Allen C. Browne, August 17, 2013

1. Lajos (Louis) Kossuth Plaque

Inscription. This house is dedicated
to the fraternal and cultural endeavors of freedom-loving Americans of Hungarian ancestry and to the
living memory of
Lajos (Louis) Kossuth
champion of liberty, fraternity, and equality, governor of Hungary during the fight for Hungarian Independence.
[Caption:]
-“All for the people, and all by the people. Nothing about the people, without the people. That is Democracy.”
Spoken to the Ohio Legislature on February 6, 1852.-

Erected by Hungarian Reformed Federation of America.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Wars, Non-US.

Location. 38° 54.63′ N, 77° 2.703′ W. Marker is in Northwest Washington in Washington, District of Columbia. It is in Dupont Circle. Marker is on 20th Street Northwest north of Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1520 20th Street Northwest, Washington DC 20036, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Theodore Roosevelt (here, next to this marker); Hungarian Veterans Memorial (here, next to this marker); a different marker also named Lajos (Louis) Kossuth

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(a few steps from this marker); Kossuth House (a few steps from this marker); Development in the neighborhood (within shouting distance of this marker); James G. Blaine Mansion (within shouting distance of this marker); Excerpt from Walt Whitman's "The Dresser" (1865 version) and "We Embrace" by E. Ethelbert Miller (within shouting distance of this marker); Dewi Saraswati (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Northwest Washington.

Also see . . . Lajos Kossuth - Wikipedia. (Submitted on February 12, 2018, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland.)

Lajos (Louis) Kossuth Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), February 9, 2018

2. Lajos (Louis) Kossuth Marker

Lajos (Louis) Kossuth image. Click for full size.

Library of Congress

3. Lajos (Louis) Kossuth

Drawn on Stone by P. Kramer c. January 17, 1852

Kossuth House<br>AMRE-HRFA<br><br>Si Deus Pro Nobis Quis Contra Nos image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Allen C. Browne, August 17, 2013

4. Kossuth House
AMRE-HRFA

Si Deus Pro Nobis Quis Contra Nos

“If God is with us who is against us”
Plaque by the Front Door of Kossuth House, 2001 Massachusetts Avenue.

Kossuth House image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Allen C. Browne, September 16, 2012

5. Kossuth House

Hungarian Flag<br>Kossuth House image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Allen C. Browne, September 16, 2012

6. Hungarian Flag
Kossuth House

Credits. This page was last revised on January 30, 2023. It was originally submitted on February 9, 2018, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 259 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on October 29, 2020, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. 2. submitted on February 9, 2018, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. 3. submitted on November 4, 2020, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. 4, 5, 6. submitted on November 5, 2020, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.