| Show Oct 23 For Fight Every nation has its significant dates of special symbolic Five years ago on a chilly October events took place in Hungary which for a fleeting moment stopped the turning wheels of world A little almost unknown before the fought for one of the basic human rights its October How the millions of Hungarian slaves of Communism waited for it to How surprised they were when it came in the full of its simple bringing the breath of spring in the On that day a whole country realized what human dignity The 1956 October revolution in Hungary can be interpreted in many It can be looked upon as a desperate effort of individuals to shake off of It can be regarded as an attempted step forward from the deadlock of moribund and economic It can be viewed as one huge protest against everything coming from the Soviet or simply as one of the most fiascos in October 23 was each of and a little It was not only a negation of something it was a positive movement toward a new The spirit of October 23 was rooted in a firm belief in the value of individual human and in social The basis of the revolution was the human being and his inherent values and October 23 showed the whole world that and was not the most important thing in A whole nation of nine million acted as one and showed the world that life without freedom had only secondary The elementary school university and people of every age from every class were represented among the fighting The increasing number of grapes on the streets during October days became a symbol forever to the free Those graves and the thousands of students still behind bars have to remind us who enjoy every day the wonderful gift of freedom that our freedom will only exist as long as we are ready to give even our lives for We all remember the highlights of the events that took place on those exceptionally sunny October and November days five years The university student meetings the fights by the radio Imre Nagy the last fading words of the free radio of Hungary the last shots silence Those thousands of Hungarians who left their country represent around the world those who still suffer behind the Iron Curtain and wait for the day when freedom becomes a realty to them The revolution was broken up by but the fight for freedom will and on who are students will depend the freedom of our country Let us stop for a moment and remember the thousands of young Hungarian students who gave their lives for their for and for the whole free world's HENRY C. HECKER |
