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"In the Beginning" - Unity Between the Nations
by Bryan Dawson

In 1902 a movement started to build a Kossuth statue in Cleveland spearheaded by the "Szabadság" Hungarian language newspaper and its editor Kohányi Tihamér.

The needed funds were raised within few short weeks. Some 60,000 people attended the unveiling, but there were no representatives from Hungary.

As a sign of unity between the nations, Hungarian-American leaders conceived an idea to place a statue of George Washington in Budapest.

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The newly established AHF and its "Statue Committee" was organized and construction began on a site in Budapest's beautiful City Park (Város Liget). In 1906, several hundred Hungarian-Americans traveled to Hungary for the unveiling led by AHF's first President, Kohányi Tihamér.

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Tihamér Kohányi - (1863 - 1913)
AHF's First President - edited by Bryan Daw