The 150th Anniversary of the 1848 War of Independence

March 14 – April 18, 1998

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Opening Reception was held on: Saturday, March 14, 1998, 2-5 P.M.

This Special Exhibit was on loan from the Móra Ferenc Museum in Szeged, Hungary, and commemorated the 150th anniversary of the 1848 Hungarian War of Independence from the Austrian Empire. The items on display encompassed documents, copies of paintings and etchings, money, accounts of events, uniforms, military paraphernalia and other objects related to the 1848-1849 War of Independence against Habsburg rule.

LINKS

Hungary: Battles for Freedom 1848-49
Lajos Kossuth in North America
Lajos Kossuth in America

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