April 29, 2025
Author: Vitéz Jacob Madway Bressmann
On April 26, in McLean, Virginia of the greater Washington, D.C. area, the Kossuth Foundation hosted the fourth annual all-day Hungarian Heritage Festival, featuring performances by Hungarian folk music groups.
As with previous years, the Hungarian Embassy and many diaspora organizations, including the Vitézi Rend, were present to celebrate our shared pride in Hungarian culture, music, cuisine, and art.
Each year, the festival welcomes approximately one thousand visitors from across the East Coast of the United States. As more and more Americans become interested in Hungarian culture, and as greater numbers of Americans re-discover their Hungarian roots and ancestry, the festival serves as a beacon for the Hungarian community in the Nation’s Capital region of the United States.
Vitéz Jacob Madway Bressmann, the Order’s new Washington Area Lieutenant, represented the Order at this year’s festival and hosted a booth to share more information about the Order, its mission, and good works. Representation at the festival is part of a greater endeavor to reinvigorate the presence of the Vitézi Rend in North America, with plans for future partnerships with other Hungarian organizations of shared values in the works. It is our hope to have future events in North America, and to help others in the region to discover the Order and embrace our efforts to advance the causes of Hungarian culture and patriotism around the world.
