Thank you to everyone who shared their wonderful pictures and stories with the Gulyas Pot for the 2009 Contest. We received great stories about how people across the US combine Hungarian and American Christmas celebrations. They were truly inspirational. The winners are:

First Prize - A Doll Named Nudli, A Christmas Story by Marta Boros Horvath - http://thegulyaspot.com/site/?q=node/423
Second Prize - Hungarian American Christmas Traditions and Celebrations by Mihaly Horvath - http://thegulyaspot.com/site/?q=node/381

On Monday, November 16 at 9 PM, a Hungarian wedding will be shown as part of the new NBC TV series, "Trauma." Check it out and send us in your comments!

GOVERNOR GEORGE E. PATAKI VISITS UNIVERSITY IN SLOVAKIA
Meets with Pál Csaky and the leadership of the Hungarian Coalition Party in Pozsony

Hungarian Americans Together Conference
September 18-19, 2009
Hungarian Heritage Museum in Cleveland , Ohio

The conference schedule will include discussion sessions on Friday and Saturday morning and afternoon, with lunch served at the Museum and a group dinner on Friday night in a nearby restaurant. More details will be sent to participants at a later date.

Nancy Brinker (former US Ambassador to Hungary) Receives Presidential Medal of Freedom
August 12, 2009

Would you like to earn a little extra spending money this Christmas AND at the same time help celebrate your Hungarian American heritage?!? You're in luck! The Gulyas Pot is launching our 2009 Christmas Photo, Video, Story Contest!!

WHAT TO SEND: Photos and videos about "Hungarian American" traditions and celebrations OR stories about how you incorporate Hungarian traditions into your celebration of Christmas. All submissions must be in English (Hungarian versions are also welcome)

Launch of Global Museum of Communism
Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation
June 16, 2009

Wreath Laying Ceremony
10:30 am - 11:00 AM
Location: The Victims of Communism Memorial
At the intersection of Massachusetts Ave. NW and New Jersey Ave. NW in Washington DC.

Truman-Reagan Medal of Freedom Ceremony
12:00 - 2:00 PM
Three medals will be awarded to those who fought for freedom: Bishop Laszlo Tokes, U.S. House of Representatives, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer; U.S. Secretary of Housing & Urban Development Jack Kemp (posthumously).

Thank you to all of our authors who submitted a wonderful collection of family histories, personal recollections, fictional stories and informative articles to the Gulyas Pot. The winners are:

INDIVIDUAL PRIZES
1) Kathy Vogel - Nagymama's Italian Angel
http://www.thegulyaspot.com/site/?q=node/203
2) Bill Shepard - A Christmas Memorial of Cardinal Mindszenty
http://www.thegulyaspot.com/site/?q=node/189
3) Alfonz Lengyel - Fortune Favor the Brave!
http://www.thegulyaspot.com/site/?q=node/182

ORGANIZATIONAL PRIZE - Kathy Megyeri, HRFA

GOVERNOR GEORGE E. PATAKI RECEIVES HIGH STATE HONOR
FROM REPUBLIC OF HUNGARY

Budapest - November 13, 2008

On November 12, 2008, George E. Pataki, former Governor of New York, received the Commander’s Cross with the Star of the Order of Merit of Republic of Hungary, from President László Sólyom. The ceremony was attended by Viktor Orbán, President of FIDESZ – Hungarian Civic Union; Kinga Göncz, Minister of Foreign Affairs; US Ambassador April Foley; and family members and friends.

On June 19, 2008, President Bush presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom (posthumously) to Tom Lantos, the highest ranking public official of Hungarian descent and a tireless advocate for human rights worldwide. The award was received by Annette Lantos, his “partner in life and in Congress.”

Representing the Hungarian American community were the Lantos family, Nancy Brinker, Chief of Protocol and former Ambassador to Hungary and Max Teleki, President of the Hungarian American Coalition.