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
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.
