Louis ‘Lajos’ Kossuth is the Father of Hungarian Democracy. There are three Kossuth statues in the US: New York, Washington and here in Cleveland.  With more Hungarians in Cleveland than anywhere except Budapest it is fitting that this monument was built here.

Louis Kossuth statue in Cleveland

Kossuth said the following in a speech to the Ohio State Legislature, February 16, 1852: “All for the People and All by the People; Nothing About the People Without the People  – That is Democracy!”

Kossuth was the first foreign Statesman officially invited to the US since the Marquis de Lafayette.

The Louis “Lajos” Kossuth statue is in the David E Davis Sculpture Garden on Euclid Avenue between Chester and MLK.