Events In Budapest On 23 October
- 21 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
On 23 October 1956, the revolt against Soviet occupation and Communist repression began as a demonstration of university students in Budapest. After the student demonstrations, hundreds of thousands outside the House of Parliament listened to Imre Nagy’s speech in which he promised reforms. The bloody volley shot into the unarmed crowd at the building of the Hungarian Radio resulted in the growth of an armed uprising by the evening. The protesters tore down the Stalin Monument – the symbol of Communist dictatorship – on Dózsa György Road, and occupied the building of the Hungarian Radio by dawn.
Saturday 22 October
10:00–18:00 - Visiting the Holy Crown in the House of Parliament
14:15 - Commemoration ceremony at the 1956 memorial of BME - (Budapest University of Technology and Economics)
Speaker: Péter Boross, President, Public Foundation for Freedom Fighters
The people made the history
15:00 - Commemoration ceremony at Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME) - Speaker: Mária Schmidt, government commissioner in charge of the 1956 memorial year
16:30 - Torchlight procession from BME to Bem Square, and the Flame of Revolution rises
Sunday 23 October
Flag-hoising Ceremony
9:00 - In the presence of the three highest public dignitaries, the flag of Hungary is raised in Kossuth Square
10:00–18:00 - All-day free admission for visitors to the House of Terror Museum
For a free Hungary
15:00 - Ceremony in Kossuth Square on the 60th anniversary of the 1956 Revolution and Freedom Fight
Speakers: Andrzej Duda, President of the Republic of Poland and Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orbán
19:00 - FreedomConcert, 1956
Period tram service with contemporary news on tram lines 6 and 49
The organizers reserve the right to make changes to the program.
More: http://oktober23.kormany.hu/en
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