Changwon Special City, 4·3 Samjin Uprising Taegukgi Independence March

Mayor Hong Nampyo and Over 150 Participants

Recreating the Cheers of That Day in Jinbuk Myeon

A Taegukgi Independence March was held as a reenactment event of the April 3 Samjin Uprising in Jinbuk-myeon, Masanhappo-gu, Changwon Special City, Gyeongnam.

Changwon Special City announced that the reenactment event of the ‘April 3 Independence March Samjin United Uprising’ was held at 10 a.m. on the 3rd at the Paluisa Changui Tower area in Jinbuk-myeon, Masanhappo-gu.

A Taegukgi Independence March was held in Jinbuk-myeon, Masanhappo-gu, Changwon Special City, Gyeongnam, as part of the reenactment event of the April 3 Samjin Uprising.

The April 3 Independence March Samjin United Uprising was an independence movement that took place in 1919 in the ‘Samjin’ area, including Jinjeon-myeon, Jinbuk-myeon, and Jindong-myeon. It was a large-scale uprising organized by about 5,000 people including intellectuals, students, and fishermen at the time. Along with the Suwon Jeam-ri Uprising, Seoncheon-eup Uprising in Pyeongan Province, and Suan Uprising in Hwanghae Province during the March 1 Independence Movement in 1919, it is recognized as one of the four major uprisings nationwide.

The event was hosted by the Gusan-Samjin United Youth Association and attended by 150 people including Hong Nampyo, Mayor of Changwon Special City, Choi Hyungdu, Member of the National Assembly, Kim Jongsul, Head of the Gyeongnam Eastern Veterans Office, city council members, heads of veterans organizations, and students from Samjin Middle School.

The participants marched shouting three cheers for independence starting from Gohyeon Bridge at the entrance of Singi Village to the Paluisa Changui Tower. At the Paluisa Changui Tower, the memorial ceremony proceeded in the order of flower offering, silent tribute, reading of the Declaration of Independence, and three cheers for independence.

Chairman Jeong Chunggyu said, “The April 3 Independence March is a proud history of our hometown that descendants must remember,” and added, “We will strive to ensure that local residents and youth carry on the noble spirit of sacrifice of our ancestors.”

Mayor Hong said, “We must remember the passionate spirit and sacrifice of Paluisa who died for the country at the site of the Independence March that echoed in this land of patriotic loyalty 104 years ago,” and added, “We will carry on the shout of that day into the present and future to continue the noble spirit of the independence movement.”

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