[2] The same council said that this day (10 March) was chosen to commemorate the execution of Mihály Gálffy, Károly Horváth and János Török in 1854 at Târgu Mureș.

They were Székely revolutionaries who, after the defeat in 1848, reorganized in Bucharest but were later caught and executed by the Austrian Empire's authorities.

In addition, the holiday has been attended earlier as well by Hungarian far-right parties and groups such as Jobbik and the Sixty-Four Counties Youth Movement.

[3] In 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, events related to the Székely Freedom Day suffered restrictions.

This was done mainly with the intention that the European Union (EU) would provide support to the Hungarian regional communities in Romania.