Bust of Hungarian reform statesman Kossuth inaugurated in Buffalo, NY

A bust of 19th century Hungarian reform statesman Lajos Kossuth was inaugurated in Buffalo, New York on Saturday, commemorating the 100th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the United States and Hungary.

The bust was inaugurated by István Pásztor, Hungary’s Consul General in New York, Péter B. Nagy, special consul for the Hungarian diaspora, Peter Forgach, Hungary’s honorary consul in Buffalo, and James, J. Maher, president of Niagara University.

Hungary’s consulate general in New York said the bust is meant to commemorate Kossuth’s visit to Niagara Falls on May 22, 1852 and to pay tribute to the Hungarians who emigrated to the US in the 19th and 20th centuries.

According to Hungarianfreepress however, the statue had gone through quite a lot. They reported that the statue a “generous present of the Orbán government to the City of Boston and planned to be installed at Faneuil Hall, where Lajos Kossuth gave a speech in 1852 when he visited the US”. It looked like the negotiations were already done and this was a mutual idea.

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