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“Did the Hungarian Freedom Fighters fight and fall in vain? Did they contribute no more to the history of freedom than sealed boxcars to Siberia, homeless thousands in exile and unmarked graves near the avenue once briefly renamed The Street of Hungarian youth instead of Stalin Road? The answer is largely in our hands (John F. Kennedy, 1957)
Soviet tank in Budapest, Hungary, October 1956, CIA gov
“REMARKS OF SENATOR JOHN F. KENNEDY AT THE ANNUAL FREEDOM AWARD TO THE HUNGARIAN FREEDOM FIGHTERS IN NEW YORK CITY, OCTOBER 23, 1957 This is a redaction of this speech made for the convenience of readers and researchers. One draft exists in the Senate Speech file of the John F. Kennedy Pre-Presidential Papers here at the John F. Kennedy Library. Page images of the draft can be found here. https://jfkl.prod.acquia-sites.com/media-gallery/annual-freedom-award-nyc-october23-1957
Four thousand four hundred and six miles from here there lies…
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