Plaque re Garibaldi, Kossuth & Garrison, Nelson Street / Grainger Street, NE1

The plaque commemorates visits to Newcastle by Giuseppe Garibaldi, a central figure in the Italian Risorgimento, in 1854 Link ; Louis (Lajos) Kossuth, Hungarian poet and statesman, in 1865 Link ; and William Lloyd Garrison, the American anti-slavery campaigner, in 1876 Link . The location of the plaque is shown in NZ2464 : Nelson Street / Grainger Street, NE1.