Author: Bécsi

In the late 1880s an American businessman, called Ralph L. Spencer, dreamed of Haralson county, Georgia, producing fine wines, but he needed immigrants who also have some idea about it. He chose Hungarians and attracted them with the promise of giving them land and work, similar to their Hungarian one, 24.hu wrote. Soon, a 2000-acre vineyard and a town was created while more than 200 Hungarian families moved to the neighborhood. The center was called Budapest, but Tokaj – a couple of kilometers away – and Nyitra, founded by Slovakians, were also important parts of this economic unity. The...

The spiritual leader of the 1848/1849 Hungarian War of Independence convinced masses to side with the Hungarian case during his American journey, and his memory has not faded away after 160 years, 24.hu wrote. Lajos Kossuth believed in the restart of the War of Independence; he traveled from the UK to the USA in 1851 in order to create financial conditions and support for the fight. He arrived in New York in December 1851, where he was welcomed by a 31-gun salute in the name of the then 31 American states. In January and in July Kossuth dollars were made....