Location: Budapest Park, Lakeshore Rd.
Date photo taken: 3 June 2016
This memorial sits quietly on the waterfront just east of the Sunnyside pool complex. It is a tribute to the Hungarian Freedom Fighters who rose up on October 23, 1956 to oppose Soviet rule in Hungary. During the tumultuous period that followed, Canada opened its doors and welcomed close to 40,000 Hungarian refugees. This was the largest intake of refugees in Canada’s history at that time and it had lasting effects on Canada’s immigration policies.
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