This cache is located
at the Hungarian War Memorial, Sunset Memorial Park, North
Olmstead, Ohio. This
beautiful war memorial
was made by Gyuri Hollosy’s Hungarian artist and sculpture
master.The cache is a folgers can in a nice
spot.The 1956
Hungarian Revolution was the first tear in the Iron
Curtain. Hungarians from all walks of life rose up against
insurmountable odds to fight the brutal Soviet installed Hungarian
communist government. Thousands died fighting, others tortured and
executed, while 200,000 were forced to flee. 2006 marks the 50th
Anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution. This memorial reminds
me of the freedom that we each share today and how hard it is for
other nations to obtain.On this anniversary of liberty, I hope with all my
heart that the silent resistance of the people of Hungary will
endure, will grow stronger, and, reinforced by all the voices which
we can raise on their behalf, will induce unanimous international
opinion to boycott their oppressors. Thanks
toGyuri
Hollosy's Hungarian
War Memorial,and Sunset Memorial
Park.
Two key sculpture's on this memorial are
Prince Arpad and Saint stephen.
Prince Árpád the first ruler of Hungary and
founder of the Árpád dynasty (845/855-c. 907)
was chosen as head of the conquering Magyar tribal federation in
889 by the other six tribal chieftains: Elod, Ond, Kond, Tas, Huba
and Töhötöm. Legend describes how the agreement was
sealed in blood. Forced out of the Etelköz by the Pechenegs,
the main Magyar force under Árpád crossed the Verecke
Pass into the Carpathian Basin in 895, to prepare for the arrival
of the main body of the nation. Their new home was occupied at the
time by Bulgars (the Great Plain and Transylvania), Franks
(Transdanubia) and Moravians (Western Highlands). The Conquest was
practically complete by 900, when thorough settlement began. All
Europe was terrified of the arrows of the Hungarians and their
fearsome methods of fighting. The tribal federation embraced
several nations, but it was named after the Hungarians because
Árpád was its paramount chief. He founded the House
of Árpád, which provided the country's princes and
kings until 1301.
Stephen, king and saint (c.
975-1038), as the first crowned king of Hungary, was
the
founder of the Hungarian state
and realm. He was a great-great-grandson of Prince
Árpád and eldest son of Prince Géza, the ruler
under whom conversion of the Hungarians to Christianity had begun.
Named Vajk at birth, he received Stephen (István) as a
baptismal name. When he succeeded to his father's title in 997, it
was the first case where the Christian practice of primogeniture
was preferred to the traditional, pagan practice of succession by
the oldest warrior still able to bear arms. Stephen was crowned at
the turn of the millennium with a crown sent from Rome by Pope
Sylvester II. Before his death in 1038, he placed his kingdom under
the protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary. He was canonized
followed in 1083. His right hand is preserved as a national relic
in St Stephen's Basilica in Budapest. 
A small bio
about the artist Gyuri Hollosy > Gyuri
Hollosy’s artistic career, with an emphasis on sculpture,
spans a period of 46 years. Currently, and for the last 30
years, he has been on an endlessly fascinating path of exploration
and development of the human figure. In this time his
sculpture has emerged and evolved into a strongly delicate, unique
and personal style. His aim is to interpret the nuances of the
human condition, both emotional and physical, through his vision
and singular style of work. > Gyuri’s Hungarian parents
emigrated to Germany in 1945, where he was born in Bad-Aibling in
1946. In the mid 1950’s his family left Germany
to settle in Cleveland, Ohio. His preteen (10-12) summers were
spent at a camp held at a Hungarian Franciscan monastery outside of
Buffalo, New York. These wonderful men provided a safe haven
to the children of Hungarian immigrants so the parents could have
time to focus on establishing themselves in their new
country. During one of these summers he witnessed the
building of a new chapel at the monastery. He had the chance
to observe a Franciscan priest draw images of the saints into large
oak pillars with forge-heated pokers. The smell, the visuals
of the hot coals in the hearth and the marvelous creations they
created, ignited in him the spark to be an
artist.
