Forever Freedom Fighters
By Elizabeth Edwards Spalding
As America goes to the voting booths, it is good to remember a heroic instance of resistance to tyrannical socialism. In 1956, for almost two weeks, a Communist regime was overthrown behind the Iron Curtain. Hope and resolve began on October 23, ending in anger and pain on November 4 – exactly 70 years ago tomorrow. Soviet tanks and infantry crushed the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. The West stood by and watched – a sad reminder of what happens when good people do nothing in the face of evil.
Time's January 7, 1957, issue named the Hungarian Freedom Fighter as…
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