'Daehan Doknip Manse Movement Marker' Created at Yeongdeungpo Station Plaza

'Daehan Independence Manse Movement Monument' Completed... Visit by Liberation Association, Independence Patriots' Families, District Mayor... Installed at Yeongdeungpo Station Plaza, a Meaningful Site Including Yeongjung-ro Improvement Project 'Changed Directly by Residents'... On March 23, 1919, Over 600 Participated in Independence Movement in Yeongdeungpo-myeon Yeongdeungpo-ri... Monument Installed Exactly 101 Years Later

Cha Hyun-il, Mayor of Yeongdeungpo District (center), is taking a commemorative photo in front of the 'Korean Independence Movement Monument' located at Yeongdeungpo Station Plaza on the afternoon of the 23rd.

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] In 1919, when the March 1st Movement against Japanese colonial rule spread nationwide, cries proclaiming the nation's independence with a spirit of nonviolent peace echoed throughout the Yeongdeungpo area.

According to the National Institute of Korean History and the March 25, 1919 edition of the Maeil Shinbo newspaper, on March 23 of that year, the Manse Movement took place in various locations including Yeongdeungpo-myeon Yeongdeungpo-ri, Dangsan-ri, Yangpyeong-ri, and Yanghwa-ri (currently Yeongdeungpo-dong, Dangsan 2-dong, Yangpyeong 2-dong).

In response, Yeongdeungpo-gu (District Mayor Chae Hyun-il) completed the installation of the ‘Daehan Independence Manse Movement Monument’ at Yeongdeungpo Station Plaza on the 23rd to honor the noble spirit of the March 1st Movement.

The area around Yeongdeungpo Station was formerly known as ‘Yeongdeungpo-myeon Yeongdeungpo-ri,’ a key transportation hub connecting Seoul and other regions, and a place where residents themselves resolved a 50-year-old wish as agents of change. The Yeongjung-ro area was transformed into an open pedestrian walkway last year after gaining the support of 1,279 residents and reorganizing street vendors.

The district completed the installation of the monument on March 23, 2020, exactly 101 years after the independence cries echoed in Yeongdeungpo in 1919, at this location imbued with special significance.

The ‘Daehan Independence Manse Movement Monument’ measures 1.27 meters wide and 1 meter tall, and is inscribed with the phrase: “1919.3.2. Yeongdeungpo-myeon Yeongdeungpo-ri, here over 600 people held the Manse Movement to widely expose the injustices of Japanese colonial rule.”

On the 23rd, Yeongdeungpo District Mayor Chae Hyun-il visited the monument site along with the head of the Yeongdeungpo branch of the Liberation Association, the head of the Yeongdeungpo branch of the Disabled Veterans Association, the head of the Yeongdeungpo branch of the Korean War Veterans Association, and descendants of independence activists to reflect on the noble spirit of their ancestors' sacrifices.

The district plans to register the ‘Daehan Independence Manse Movement Monument’ as an Independence Movement Memorial Facility with the Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs to widely commemorate the March 1st Movement.

Yeongdeungpo District Mayor Chae Hyun-il stated, “We must not forget the lesson that a nation that forgets its past has no future,” and added, “By installing the Daehan Independence Manse Movement Monument, we will once again remember the spirit of the March 1st Movement and overcome the COVID-19 crisis.”

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