Dupont Circle in Northwest Washington in Washington, District of Columbia — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
The Budapest Lad (Pesti Srac) Statue
Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), August 14, 2018
1. The Budapest Lad (Pesti Srac) Statue Marker
The Budapest Lad (Pesti Srac) statue was erected on October 16, 2016, in commemoration of the 60th Anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution and Freedom Fight.
The Embassy of Hungary gratefully acknowledges the generous support of the following organizations and persons:
1956 Memorial Committee, Hungary Alcoa American Hungarian Heritage House BorgWarner Inc. Citibank Comcast DBH Group Hungarian American Foundation Hungarian Association - Cleveland Oracle Hungary Paccar Inc Pannonius Foundation The Hungarian Club of the Triangle Zsolt & Mary Rumy Charitable Foundation Ivan and Antoinette Bencsek Otto Bernath MD Ms. Catherine Bocskor Mr. Laszlo Bojtos Mr. George Brenner Stefan and Erika Fedor family Peter Wm Forgach MD The Hon. Aniko Gaal Schott Mrs. Judith Gajary Mr. David Hughes Mr. Curtis Milam Matko and Vera Milicic Kaszdorf Mrs. Kinga Revesz Mr. Geza Serenyi Ferenc and Krisztian Szabo Stephen and Clara Szabo Mr. Christophe Szapary H.E. Amb. Gyorgy Szapary Mr. Philippe Szapary Mrs. Gabriella Szatmary & Ms. Tatjana Polgar Mr. Istvan Szemes Mr. Janos Szigeti Mr. Laszlo Takacs Ms. Terezia Takacs Mrs. Zsuzsanna Takacs Mr. Istvan Laszlo Toth Mr. Adrian Varallyay
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On the initiative of the Government of Hungary and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Erected 2016 by Embassy of Hungary.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & Patriotism • Wars, Non-US. A significant historical date for this entry is October 16, 1956.
Location. 38° 54.458′ N, 77° 2.086′ W. Marker is in Northwest Washington in Washington, District of Columbia. It is in Dupont Circle. Memorial is on Rhode Island Avenue Northwest west of 15th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1300 15th St NW, Washington DC 20005, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. This House was Occupied by Alexander Graham Bell (within shouting distance of this marker); Theodore Roosevelt Worshiped Here Regularly (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Winfield Scott (about 500 feet away); Independence of Kazakhstan (about 600 feet away); Daniel Webster Memorial (about 700 feet away); Embassy of the Republic of the Philippines (about 700 feet away); Old Chancery of the Embassy of the Republic of the Philippines in the United States (about 800 feet away); Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church (about 800 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Northwest Washington.
Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), August 14, 2018
2. The Budapest Lad (Pesti Srac) Statue Marker
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