March 15: family programs, commemorations would start as early as Saturday

Commemorations of the 1848-49 revolution and freedom fight would start as early as Saturday.

The first events on Saturday will include concerts in the park of the National Museum and family programmes and free exhibitions in the Castle District. Preparations were on schedule.

Also from Saturday,

the Buda Castle and the Castle Garden Bazaar will host family programmes and free exhibitions.

The traditional award-giving ceremony of the Kossuth and Széchenyi prizes will be held on Monday, the eve of the holiday.

On March 15, the holiday’s programme will start with hoisting the national flag in front of Parliament,

while a Peace March by Fidesz will be held, its participants joining the central commemoration in the afternoon.

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will give an address marking Hungary’s national holiday in Kossuth Square in front of the Parliament building in the afternoon of March 15.

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