Launch of Global Museum of Communism
Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation
June 16, 2009

Wreath Laying Ceremony
10:30 am - 11:00 AM
Location: The Victims of Communism Memorial
At the intersection of Massachusetts Ave. NW and New Jersey Ave. NW in Washington DC.

Truman-Reagan Medal of Freedom Ceremony
12:00 - 2:00 PM
Three medals will be awarded to those who fought for freedom: Bishop Laszlo Tokes, U.S. House of Representatives, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer; U.S. Secretary of Housing & Urban Development Jack Kemp (posthumously).

Peter Orszag, a Hungarian American, was just named Budget Director for President-elect Obama's Cabinet. Here are a few links:

Description of Orszag and his credentials from Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_R._Orszag

Hungarian-American Put in Charge of U.S. Budget; Nation Focuses on Bad Hair Rather than Ancestry
Link: http://www.pestiside.hu/20081126/hungarianamerican-put-in-charge-of-us-b...

Blurb on Appointment

THIRD ‘HUNGARIAN AMERICANS TOGETHER’ CONFERENCE HELD
IN NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ, OCTOBER 10-11, 2008

Washington, DC – The following press release was issued jointly by the two Co-Chairs’ organizations and the three hosting organizations.

GOVERNOR GEORGE E. PATAKI RECEIVES HIGH STATE HONOR
FROM REPUBLIC OF HUNGARY

Budapest - November 13, 2008

On November 12, 2008, George E. Pataki, former Governor of New York, received the Commander’s Cross with the Star of the Order of Merit of Republic of Hungary, from President László Sólyom. The ceremony was attended by Viktor Orbán, President of FIDESZ – Hungarian Civic Union; Kinga Göncz, Minister of Foreign Affairs; US Ambassador April Foley; and family members and friends.

http://www.extremelyhungary.org/

This site will list official events (sponsored by the Hungarian government) in NYC and DC throughout 2009.

To listen to Andrea and Bandi Lazar's Hungarian-language radio program LIVE every Sunday from 6:06-7:00 PM, click on www.wcpn.org.

On the top navigation bar, click on "Listen Live."

On June 19, 2008, President Bush presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom (posthumously) to Tom Lantos, the highest ranking public official of Hungarian descent and a tireless advocate for human rights worldwide. The award was received by Annette Lantos, his “partner in life and in Congress.”

Representing the Hungarian American community were the Lantos family, Nancy Brinker, Chief of Protocol and former Ambassador to Hungary and Max Teleki, President of the Hungarian American Coalition.

Congressman Tom Lantos dedicates the Victims of Communism Memorial in Washington D.C. June 12th 2007.