1848–1849 Thirty-four volunteers and a meeting in the snowTridsaťštyri dobrovoľníkov a zhromaždenie v zime

When the Slovak volunteer corps was raised during the revolution of 1848–49, thirty-four men from Martin and the Turiec joined it. On 31 January 1849 a public assembly met in the town and the leaders of the volunteer expedition explained their plan for turning the monarchy into a federation of its nations. Nothing came of the plan: the Habsburgs won the war with Russian help and then gave the Slovaks nothing. What did survive was the habit — from now on, when Slovaks wanted to decide something together, they met in Martin.Keď sa počas revolúcie 1848 – 1849 formovali slovenské dobrovoľnícke zbory, prihlásilo sa do nich tridsaťštyri mužov z Martina a Turca. 31. januára 1849 sa v mestečku konalo ľudové zhromaždenie, na ktorom vodcovia výpravy vysvetľovali svoj návrh premeniť monarchiu na federáciu jej národov. Z návrhu nebolo nič: Habsburgovci vojnu s ruskou pomocou vyhrali a Slovákom potom nedali nič. Zostal však zvyk — odvtedy, keď sa Slováci chceli o niečom spoločne rozhodnúť, schádzali sa v Martine.