PRINTER'S NO. 4827
No. 900 Session of 2006
INTRODUCED BY KOTIK, GERGELY, PETRONE AND TURZAI,
OCTOBER 18, 2006
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
OCTOBER 18, 2006
A RESOLUTION
1 Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian
2 Revolution.
3 WHEREAS, In October 1956, Hungarians who were suffering under
4 communist dictatorship and Soviet military occupation rose up
5 for freedom and independence in what has been heralded as one of
6 the greatest historic events of the 20th century; and
7 WHEREAS, The event became known as the 1956 Hungarian
8 Revolution; and
9 WHEREAS, The 1956 Hungarian Revolution changed the world by
10 sowing the seeds of the Prague Spring, Polish Solidarity, the
11 demolition of the Berlin Wall, the formation of democratic
12 governments in Central and Eastern Europe and the disintegration
13 of the Soviet Union; and
14 WHEREAS, This year marks the 50th anniversary of the 1956
15 Hungarian Revolution, and the anniversary is being celebrated
16 throughout the world; therefore be it
17 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives commemorate the
1 50th anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution.
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